Affordable Excellence: Auteur Sonoma Coast Wines are Making Waves in the Press

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Wine critics are buzzing about our zingy and earthy flavors! Our value-friendly appellation wines are crafted with passion for embodying the essence of our entire portfolio. We are thrilled to receive such a positive response from the press and warmly invite you to experience this excitement firsthand. Cheers to an endless array of new adjectives to bring to your next celebration.

 

The SOMM Journal

Oh Terre! Auteur!

95 | Auteur 2022 Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast ($50)

Toasty notes are sustained by high-profile acidity. Crème brûlée and pineapple upside-down cake make a dramatic impression as they’re surrounded by bright lemon verbena on the keen mineral finish. 95

96 | Auteur 2022 Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast ($60) This wine boasts delectable notes of cinnamon-spiced pomegranate, hibiscus, and mineral-kissed earth. A pleasant, buoyant mouthfeel upholds black raspberry, a garland of rose petals, and salty mushrooms rooted out of the soil.

 

WINE ENTHUSIAST Editors’ Choice

93 | Auteur Wines 2022 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast)

There’s a zingy freshness on the pineapple-scented nose of this Chard made from the Old Wente clone that simply screams summer. The palate gives green apple, pear, lemon curd, chalky minerality and fresh cut flower flavors before a racy, acid-driven finish. —T.R.C. Published 9/1/2024

 

VINOGRAPHY

2022 Auteur Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma, California
Pale yellow-gold in the glass, this wine smells of candied lemon peel and pink grapefruit. In the mouth, wonderfully bright and juicy flavors of lemon peel and lemon pith bring in a faint bit of lemon-curd creaminess but also crackling stony minerality and a hint of salinity. Zingy and mouthwatering. Whole-cluster pressed and then fermented with ambient yeasts. Aged 11 months in 25% new French oak. 13% alcohol. 392 cases made. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $50. AY

2022 Auteur Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma, California
Medium garnet in the glass, this wine smells of cherries and raspberries. In the mouth, raspberry and cranberry flavors have a bright juiciness thanks to excellent acidity as faint, gauzy tannins coat the mouth, and notes of citrus peel linger in the finish. Hints of dried herbs and a touch of forest floor emerge with time. Fermented with ambient yeasts. Aged 11 months in 35% new French oak. 14% alcohol. 621 cases made. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $60. AY

Read the full review here from wine critic, Alder Yarrow.

https://www.vinography.com/2024/11/vinography-unboxed-week-of-11-10-24

 

WINE SPECTATOR

92 | Auteur Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Kirsch and red licorice notes are forward and friendly in feel in this red, with light floral and tea notes helping to add range on the lightly toasted finish. Drink now through 2030. 621 cases made.

90 | Auteur Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 

Pretty aromatics of lemon oregano, verbena and green tea mingle with firm flavors of pomelo, lemon zest and green apple on a sleek, mouthwatering frame, with touches of crushed rock minerality and fresh ginger on the finish. Drink now. 392 cases made.

JEB DUNNUCK

91 | Auteur Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

The 2022 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast offers an attractive nose of candied apple, preserved lemon, and honeysuckle. Medium-bodied, it has a light touch on the palate and a nice refreshing feel, with a pithy texture and a clean finish. It’s a very charming wine to drink over the next several years.

91 | Auteur Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

The dark ruby/magenta 2022 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast takes on deep aromas of black cherries, violets, and sweet herbs. Medium-bodied, it fills the palate with an expansive feel, ripe tannins, and a juicy ripe feel throughout, with a bit of spice through the finish. It’s going to show its best over the next 4-6 years.