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Las Pizarras Chardonnay Magnum 2016.
Product Code:
7804304001336
Country:
Chile Aconcagua Costa.
Grape Varieties:
100% Chardonnay.
ABV:
13%
Case Size:
1 x 150 cl
£150.00
£75.00
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THE VINTAGE: The wines of 2016 have an immense sense of purity and tension. The cool spring set the stage for a long season, even though the overall heat summation was higher than average due to a warm summer. This leads us to believe that the perfect ripeness of our grapes would arrive early; nevertheless, we were proved wrong by a gentle sugar accumulation, reaching a prolonged, even ripening through harvest. The resulting wine possesses great site-specificity, depth and quality.
THE VINEYARD: The grapes used to produce this wine come entirely from our Aconcagua Costa estate, from specific blocks with metamorphic rock, specifically slate. The temperature differences in this cold climate location and the uniqueness of its soils and elevations enable each small block to ripen at its own pace. Because of its proximity to the cold Pacific Ocean and its well-drained soils with abundant slate, this vineyard gives rise to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Syrah with exceptional complexity, depth, minerality and natural acidity.
WINEMAKING: The grapes were hand-picked on the morning to ensure the fruit was cool when it reached the winery. All of the fruit was pressed whole-cluster, and the juice was clarified by cold decanting, without the use of enzymes, before being racked to French oak barrels to be fermented with native yeasts. To preserve the fresh character of its origin, just 55% of the blend underwent malolactic fermentation. The wine was aged for 13 months in 400-litre French oak barrels, 18% new.
THE WINE: “The 2016 vintage of Las Pizarras Chardonnay displays a beautiful bright yellow colour. The nose reveals citrus fruits, with slight notes of gunpowder complemented by white floral aromas. The palate exhibits harmonious flavours of citrus fruits, fine pastry and dried fruits. It is an elegant and fresh wine, with a texture that enhances it’s most mineral and deep side; a wine of great finesse and whose persistence is uplifted by vibrant acidity and long finish.” - FRANCISCO BAETTIG, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
THE VINTAGE: The wines of 2016 have an immense sense of purity and tension. The cool spring set the stage for a long season, even though the overall heat summation was higher than average due to a warm summer. This leads us to believe that the perfect ripeness of our grapes would arrive early; nevertheless, we were proved wrong by a gentle sugar accumulation, reaching a prolonged, even ripening through harvest. The resulting wine possesses great site-specificity, depth and quality.
THE VINEYARD: The grapes used to produce this wine come entirely from our Aconcagua Costa estate, from specific blocks with metamorphic rock, specifically slate. The temperature differences in this cold climate location and the uniqueness of its soils and elevations enable each small block to ripen at its own pace. Because of its proximity to the cold Pacific Ocean and its well-drained soils with abundant slate, this vineyard gives rise to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Syrah with exceptional complexity, depth, minerality and natural acidity.
WINEMAKING: The grapes were hand-picked on the morning to ensure the fruit was cool when it reached the winery. All of the fruit was pressed whole-cluster, and the juice was clarified by cold decanting, without the use of enzymes, before being racked to French oak barrels to be fermented with native yeasts. To preserve the fresh character of its origin, just 55% of the blend underwent malolactic fermentation. The wine was aged for 13 months in 400-litre French oak barrels, 18% new.
THE WINE: “The 2016 vintage of Las Pizarras Chardonnay displays a beautiful bright yellow colour. The nose reveals citrus fruits, with slight notes of gunpowder complemented by white floral aromas. The palate exhibits harmonious flavours of citrus fruits, fine pastry and dried fruits. It is an elegant and fresh wine, with a texture that enhances it’s most mineral and deep side; a wine of great finesse and whose persistence is uplifted by vibrant acidity and long finish.” - FRANCISCO BAETTIG, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
All our wines are stored in our importers bonded warehouse, which have the optimum environment for fine wine storage, by carefully regulating temperature, humidity and other microclimatic factors.
As such, please allow between 7 and 10 days for your delivery to arrive.
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