Catena Zapata
Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard White Bones Chardonnay 2020
| Denomination | N/A |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Area | Mendoza (Argentina) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
| Aging | 12-16 months in 2nd, 3d and 4th use French oak barrels. |
Description
For more than four generations, the Catena family has cultivated vines in the foothills of the Andes in Mendoza, Argentina. In his quest to make wines that stand with the best in the world, Nicolás Catena has identified the best plots and rows in the vineyards owned by the Catena family. The Adrianna vineyard is located at an altitude of almost 5,000 metres in the Gualtallary sub-district of the Tupungato region. The White Bones Chardonnay comes from selected rows within plot 1 of the Adrianna vineyard. The name refers to the soil beneath these rows, which is layered with limestone and limestone deposits and fossilised animal bones - remains of a river that passed through the region.
Awards
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2020
99/100
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2020
96/100
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2020
95/100
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Taste
Serve at:
12 - 14 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Nicolás Catena would never use the word about himself - a less boastful spirit, it’s hard to imagine - but he has been the quiet revolutionary in the Catena family history book. He has charted the family’s path to the new frontier of winemaking, drawing on lessons learned from the land and in the classroom, then applying his education to dare to challenge the conventional wisdom.
Taking the reigns of the family vineyards and wineries in the mid 1960s, he concentrated on expanding distribution throughout Argentina during years of turmoil in the 1970s. But in the early 1980s, Nicolás left Argentina to become a visiting professor of economics at the University of California, on the world-renowned campus at Berkeley. The political and economic situation in Argentina was difficult, with a military government that had just declared war on the United Kingdom and inflation rates of more than 1000 per cent per year.
Nicolás set out to develop his own selection of Argentine Malbec clones planting 145 clones in the La Pirámide vineyard. Of these, he selected the best five and began to plant them in different terroirs and altitudes.
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| Name | Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard White Bones Chardonnay 2020 |
|---|---|
| Type | White still |
| Denomination | N/A |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Mendoza |
| Vendor | Catena Zapata |
| Origin | Gualtallary District, Tupungato Alto Region, Uco Valley, Mendoza (Argentina) |
| Climate | Altitude: 4.757 ft (1.450 m.) a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Alluvial origin. Calcareous soil. |
| Fermentation temperature | 16 °C |
| Fermentation | 45 - 95 days. |
| Wine making | Cold settling for 12 hours in stainless steel tanks at 6 ºC. Fermentation in French oak barrels for 45 - 95 days at 16 °C. Battonage. Partial malolactic fermentation. |
| Aging | 12 6 months in 2nd, 3d and 4th use French oak barrels. |
| Total acidity | 8.3 gr/L |
| PH | 3.2 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
