Catena Zapata
Catena Alta Chardonnay 2022
| Denomination | N/A |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Mendoza (Argentina) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
| Aging | 14 months in French oak. 30% does not undergo malolactic fermentation. First, second and third passage barrels are used. |
Description
Still white wine produced by Catena Zapata. 100% Chardonnay, 0.75L bottle, 2022 vintage. A Chardonnay that embodies Argentine excellence, bearing the signature of a world-renowned producer. Since 1960, however, Familia Catena had been struggling as the Argentine economy was in shambles and inflation rates were soaring. Nicolás Catena has blazed a new trail for winemaking, drawing on lessons learned from the land and the classroom, then applying his training to the courage to challenge conventional wisdom. Aged 14 months in French oak. 30% does not undergo malolactic fermentation. First-, second-, and third-use barrels used.
Awards
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2022
95/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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 Catena Alta Chardonnay 2022 |
|---|---|
| Type | White green still |
| Denomination | N/A |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Mendoza |
| Vendor | Catena Zapata |
| Origin | Adrianna Vineyard, Domingo Vineyard. |
| Climate | Altitude: 1,450 m. a.s.l. for the Adrianna Vineyard; 1,120 m. a.s.l. for the Domingo Vineyard. |
| Soil composition | Adrianna Vineyard: alluvial, gravelly with limestone deposits in the topsoil. Domingo Vineyard: the surface is completely covered with gravel. |
| Wine making | The whole bunches are pressed and then are fully fermented in 500-litre French oak barrels with natural yeasts at low temperatures. |
| Aging | 14 months in French oak. 30% does not undergo malolactic fermentation. First, second and third passage barrels are used. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |