2020 White Stones Chardonnay
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I had the opportunity to taste two vintages (2020 and 2021) of the top whites side by side and could see the differences of the two years quite clearly, as the wines express the natural conditions of the year quite faithfully. The 2020 White Stones Chardonnay is riper than the other three wines; it's a very good wine, but it shows the warmer year with a rounder mouthfeel, faintly creamy, still a little closed in the nose, which slowly reveals yellow fruit and some spice. The palate is quite gentle, with 13% alcohol and very good balance. 7,500 bottles produced.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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The 2020 Chardonnay Adrianna Vineyard White Stones from Gualtallary, Uco Valley, was barrel-aged for 16 months. Greenish-yellow in the glass. The intense, layered nose presents bold aromas of green apple, pear, hints of linden blossom and ginger with touches of lemon and herbs. In the mouth, it’s concentrated, rooted in a lively, heightened freshness while maintaining the variety’s expansive flow, which also delivers salinity and long-lasting flavor. A thrilling white that defines this nook of the Uco Valley.
In the Gualtallary sub-district of Tupungato. 4,500 ft in elevation. Hand-picked, pressed and cold settled at 6 °C. Fermented in French oak for 45–95 days at 16 °C. Partial malolactic. Aged 12–16 months in second-, third- and fourth-use French barrels. TA 7.79 g/l, pH 3.0. Very much like the White Bones but a touch more lactic with a bit more noticeable oak. Lean but with a heavy-weave, silky texture. High, well-balanced acid. Less austere than White Bones. Both beautiful wines. (SCJ)
About the producer
Bodega Catena Zapata has been instrumental both in the development of fine wine production in Argentina and in realising the full potential of the Malbec grape.