Catena Alta Chardonnay 2024

Catena Alta Chardonnay 

Region: Mendoza, Argentina

Vintage: 2024

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 13.5%

Catena Alta Chardonnay has a bright greenish-yellow color. The nose offers ripe white fruit aromas as pear and white peach, interwoven with delicate citrus and floral notes as Jasmine. The mouthfeel is rich and concentrated, showing ripe pear, apple and apricot flavors with a light note of minerality.

At almost 5,000 feet elevation in the Andean foothills, the Adrianna vineyard’s calcareous soils and cool climate are the promised land of Chardonnay. The fruit from the Adrianna vineyard has a purity of flavors and a minerality that is particular to this vineyard and cannot be found anywhere else in Mendoza. The nearby, gravel-covered Domingo Vineyard makes up 20% of the blend.

Whole clusters are pressed, and then 100% fermented in 500 L French oak barrels with natural yeasts at low temperatures. 12-24 days fermentation. Battonage (low regime). Wild yeasts. 30% does not undergo malolactic fermentation. Aging: 10-14 months in French oak (in contact with the lees). Barrels of First, Second and Third use.

For over four generations, the Catena family has grown vines in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Mendoza, Argentina. In his pursuit to make wines that stand with the best in the world, Nicolás Catena identified the best lots, and rows, in the Catena family’s estate vineyards.

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