‘Aconcagua Costa’ Chardonnay 2023 6x75cl

A yellow-straw colour with greenish highlights. The expressive aromas of citrus, white peaches, pineapple and melon, all framed by soft notes of dried fruit. The palate is dominated by a citrus profile, accompanied by soft notes of tropical fruits and pastries. It is fresh, deep and long on the palate, it shows tension and creaminess in a delicate balance that makes this wine to have a great persistence and elegans.

Vineyards

The grapes for our Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay are sourced from the Aconcagua Costa vineyard located 12 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean. Planted by Viña Errázuriz in 2005 and 2009, the soil is composed by a thin layer of loamy texture and placed on a base of clay and metamorphic rock (slate/schist), providing the mineral notes present in the wines that are grown in these vineyards.

Vintage

Season somewhat late with prolonged ripening delivering elegant wines with excellent acidity and minerality. The vintage began with a winter with 17% more rainfall than in an average year, reaching 297mm, compared to the average of 254mm. This ensured the season had an adequate water supply, leading to good levels of vegetative growth and vigour in our vineyard. In summary, this was a moderately late season. The grapes achieved a good balance between ripeness and acidity retention, resulting in fresh wines, with delicate aromas, a vibrant and vertical entry and a mineral finish, very typical from our terroir.

Winemaking

Grapes were handpicked in the early morning between February 8th and February 20th and carefully transported to the winery, where they were whole-cluster pressed and cold decanted in stainless steel tanks. The use of native yeasts along with the larger number of strains of yeasts during a wild fermentation contributes greater complexity to the wine. The juice was fermented in used French oak barrels during 15 to 20 days, and then underwent 45% malolactic fermentation. Then the wine was aged for 11 months in used French oak barrels and 10% in foudres.

Enjoy with:

Enjoy with pan-fried salmon in lemon butter