Bodega y Viñedos Catena

DV Catena Chardonnay-Chardonnay

Mendoza

$ ARS

Release Price

Drink Window

13.6%

ABV

3.32

pH

6.2

TA

RS

Nose

The nose is complex and elegant, displaying ripe tropical fruit aromas from La Pirámide Vineyard, such as pineapple and peach, laced with fresh citrus and minerality from Domingo Vineyard.

Palate

The mouthfeel is sweet and unctuous, packed with ripe fruit. Finishes long and lingering with fresh, crisp acidity.

Growing Conditions

Domingo Vineyard: aluvial origin. Silt loamy soil with limestone on the bottom. La Piramide Vineyard: aluvial origin. Clay topsoil with rounded rocks on the bottom.

Harvest

Many in Mendoza have started calling 2015 "el año Bordelés", or "the Bordelais year" because of the cool summer, early autumn rains and generally low alcohols and high acidities in the main red varieties. The best Malbecs of 2015 have a refinement and elegance that only occur in very cool years. What was key in the 2014-2015 season was parcelization and low-yields farming. The Malbec in parcels with stony and limestone soils were undisputed super-stars. Because of the warm winter, the harvest was between 10 and 15 days earlier than usual.

Winemaking

In stainless-steel tanks. Selected yeast. Max. Ferm.Temp. 18 ºC, for 20 days. 60% malolactic fermentation

Aging

10 months in French oak.

Appearance

An intense golden yellow colour with light greenish hues.

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