Bodega y Viñedos Catena

Catena Alta Chardonnay

Mendoza

$ ARS

Release Price

Drink Window

13.8%

ABV

3.25

pH

7.05

TA

RS

Growing Conditions

- Adrianna Vineyard, Lot 1: 4,757 ft (1,450 m) elevation. Alluvial, gravelly with limestone deposits in the topsoil.
- Domingo Vineyard, Lot 7: 3,675 ft (1,120 m) elevation. Surface is completely covered with gravel. Alluvial topsoil is loamy with limestone deposits at 11,8 inches (30cm).
Plant selection: Dijon Clones and Selección Mendoza.

Harvest

Dry weather (precipitations 20-60% lower than usual), small berries and slightly lower yields; cooler temperatures overall. The 2019 harvest happened about 1-3 weeks earlier than usual, and the grapes were in pristine condition with not a drop of botrytis or downy mildew.

We were concerned that there would be problems with frost, because of the dry spring, but a constant evening breeze made frosts rare this year. And outside of Agrelo, there were no significant hail storms. We expected the harvest to be larger than usual, but the combination of dry weather and cool climate resulted in yields slightly lower than the norm.

Winemaking

Whole clusters are pressed, and then 100% fermented in 500 L French oak barrels with natural yeasts at low temperatures. Wild yeasts. 30% does not undergo malolactic fermentation.

Aging

Aged for 14 months in French oak. First, second and third use barrels used.

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