Adrianna Vineyard White Stones 2015 - Catena Zapata

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Chardonnay - Direct from the estate

97/100 Parker

The Adrianna Vineyard White Stones Chardonnay 2015 (Catena Zapata) is an exceptional white wine, rated 97/100 Parker.

With lively and stimulating acidity, it offers a long, vertical, and mineral palate, emphasizing freshness and saline minerality rather than fruit.

A serious, austere, and slightly closed profile, it reveals subtle aromas and a lingering finish marked by salt.

5,820 bottles produced, bottled in July 2016.

VINEYARD

• Adrianna Vineyard: Gualtallary District, Tupungato Alto region, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
• Name of the plot : White Stones
• Surface of the plot : 2,5 hectares
• Soil composition : Alluvial river bed. Stony soil
• Altitude: 4,757 ft (1,450 m) above sea level

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
• Alcohol: 12.9%.
• Total acidity : 7.75 grams/liter
• pH : 3,1
• Unfined and unfiltered

VINIFICATION AND AGING

Cold settling for 12 hours in stainless steel tanks at 6º C. Fermentation in French oak barrels for 45 to 95 days at 16º C. Batonnage. Partial malolactic fermentation. Aged for 12 to 16 months in French oak barrels of 2nd, 3rd and 4th use.

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