Aconcagua Coast Chardonnay 2022

Name: Errazuriz - Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay - 2022
Brand: Vin du Monde
Price: 31.0 USD
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Errazuriz

$183.00

A precise and saline Chilean coastal Chardonnay, where ocean freshness meets beautiful aromatic depth.

Chile

Vin White

13%

5 to 10 years

100% Chardonnay

750ml
Box of 6 bottles (75cl)

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From the coastal vineyards of Aconcagua Costa, this Chardonnay comes from parcels located near the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Santiago, in Chile's Aconcagua Valley. The vines are planted on poor granite and schist soils, mixed with sand and silt, which promotes moderate yields and great aromatic concentration. The maritime influence, with cool breezes and morning fogs, allows for slow grape ripening and preserves a marked natural acidity, giving the wine tension and balance.

The grapes are hand-harvested then gently pressed before a light settling. The must ferments mostly in French oak barrels, with a limited proportion of new wood, and the rest in stainless steel tanks to preserve freshness. A portion of the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation. Aging continues on fine lees for several months, with regular bâtonnage to gain volume and complexity, before blending and bottling.

This wine reveals notes of stone fruit, citrus, and tropical fruit, complemented by subtle touches of white flowers, vanilla, and toasted hazelnut from the aging, as well as a fine mineral framework evoking wet stone. The palate is precise and taut, with a creamy texture balanced by a vibrant acidity, good concentration, and a persistent, slightly saline finish, which highlights the wine's coastal origin.

Where are we traveling?

Aconcagua Valley

It is located approximately 100 kilometers north of Santiago, in a spectacular valley named after Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas at 6,961 meters, whose eternal snows feed the river that carved out this terroir. The vineyard stretches from the hot, arid heights of the valley's interior, protected by the Andean foothills, to the coastal hills of Aconcagua Costa, open to the cool Pacific breezes, forming a wine corridor with exceptional climatic amplitude. The viticultural history truly began in 1870, when Don Maximiano Errázuriz founded his eponymous estate in the Panquehue sector, convinced that this hot, sunny valley could produce great red wines — a visionary gamble that would give birth to one of Chile's most iconic estates. For over a century, Aconcagua remained synonymous with powerful and concentrated reds, until the discovery of the potential of Aconcagua Costa in the early 2000s shattered all certainties: these granitic hills, buffeted by sea winds and bathed in Pacific fogs, proved capable of producing whites and Pinot Noir of a finesse no one imagined possible in Chile. The climate ranges from hot and dry Mediterranean in the interior valley, where scorching summers are tempered by cool winds descending from the Andes, to frankly cool and maritime on the coast, where temperatures rarely exceed 25 degrees in summer. The soils are equally contrasted, from the stony, clay-limestone alluvial deposits of the interior to the decomposed granitic rocks and quartz of the coast. Aconcagua Valley has forged a fascinating dual identity, producing on the one hand monumental Cabernet Sauvignon and remarkably profound Bordeaux blends in the heat of Panquehue, and on the other vibrant Sauvignon Blancs, chiseled Chardonnays, and elegant Pinot Noir on the windy slopes of Aconcagua Costa, embodying better than any other region Chile's ability to excel at both ends of the spectrum.

The little history of the country

Chile

It was Hernán Cortés who ordered the cultivation of vines upon the conquest of Mexico in 1524. It gradually spread from Mexico southward, reaching Chile in 1555. During the first three centuries of colonization, only país, a characterless and very productive black grape variety, was cultivated in Chile. It was not until the mid-19th century that noble varieties were introduced: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay, mainly. Twenty years later, winemaking was modernized under the impetus of wealthy landowners and French experts who had been forced out of work by phylloxera in Europe. Chile stretches 4,300 kilometers from north to south. It is sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Andes Mountains to the east, the Atacama Desert to the north, and the Patagonian plains and glaciers to the south. These natural barriers prevented phylloxera from entering the country. Although the country is only 160 kilometers wide, it enjoys ideal conditions for growing grape varieties from warm, intermediate, and cool regions, so much so that it is often described as a vineyard paradise. With nearly 300 estates producing bottled wines, Chile ranks between 6th and 8th in the world.

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