Community Tasting Notes 14

• ELEVAGE_PCB wrote: 97 points

  February 22, 2024 - 1. Appearance
  Clarity: Clear
  Intensity: Medium
  Color: Pale gold with a slight greenish hue, indicating both youthfulness and freshness.
  
  2. Nose
  Condition: Clean
  Intensity: High
  Aroma/Bouquet:
  Fruit: Ripe lemon, green apple, pear, and hints of tropical fruits like pineapple
  Flower: Subtle notes of white flowers, such as jasmine or acacia
  Earth: Minimal earthy notes, more focused on mineral and stone qualities
  Mineral: Distinct wet stone and flint, reflective of the vineyard’s rocky soil
  Wood: Well-integrated oak, offering nuances of toast and a creamy, vanilla undertone
  
  3. Palate
  Sweetness: Dry
  Acidity: High – lending a crisp, refreshing quality that balances the richness of the fruit
  Tannin: N/A – not applicable for this white wine
  Flavor Character:
  Fruit: Continuation of complex fruit flavors, with lemon and apple being prominent, alongside more exotic notes of melon and peach
  Flower: Floral elements are delicate, enhancing the fruit's freshness
  Earth: Not prominently earthy, with a focus on purity and precision
  Mineral: Pronounced mineral characteristics, providing a backbone and a sense of place
  Wood: Subtle oak that complements the wine without dominating, adding layers of brioche and spice
  
  Body/Alcohol: Medium to full-bodied, with a moderate alcohol level that is well-integrated into the wine’s structure
  
  Length: Long, with a lingering finish that reiterates the mineral and fruity complexity
  
  Conclusion
  
  Quality with Respect to Price: The 2019 Bodega Catena Zapata Chardonnay White Stones is a premium wine from a highly respected producer, reflecting its prestigious vineyard source. It offers considerable value for its price, especially for connoisseurs who appreciate a sophisticated, terroir-driven Chardonnay.
  
  Maturity with Respect to Ageing: This wine shows beautifully now with its balance of fruit, acidity, and minerality, but it also has the potential to age gracefully, developing more nuanced and integrated flavors over the next 5-10 years.
  
  Food and Wine Pairing: Ideal with rich seafood dishes, such as lobster or scallops, creamy risottos, or poultry in a creamy sauce. Its structure and acidity also make it suitable for pairing with dishes that have a citrus or herbal accent.

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• Pinot Peter wrote:

  January 12, 2024 - I don,t get the hype on these wines. I tried a 2020 chassagne-montrachet 1er Cru against the White Stones. For me it lacks the depth of flavours and capability of a Burgundy. With the high price point on the Zapata wines and my comparisons with numerous burgundies from village level to 1er Cru bottles I don,t see the value or satisfation in continuing to buy them.

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• aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 31, 2023 - blind
  Amazing Chardonnay from Argentina. Elegant, no oak aromas, very difficult to detect for me. Cool cilmate and elegant. 95

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• Irish_Wine Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 15, 2023 - Reductive nose on first opening. Opened up to ripe pear, peach and green mango. Touches of wet stone and grated ginger. Expansive palate with great freshness and a long biscuit touched finish. Wait on this one ideally.
  
  WSET Notes:
  
  Medium gold.
  
  Pronounced on the nose with struck flint, pear, apricot, green mango, biscuit, cream, wet stone, ginger. Developing.
  
  Pronounced and dry on the palate. Medium plus body, medium alcohol, high acidity, long finish.
  
  Can drink now but has potential for aging.

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• sjfunkenhauser wrote: 94 points

  October 3, 2023 - Incredible palate. Long and evolving, but still very young.
  
  Pale gold colour.
  
  Pronounced aromas of ripe peach, ripe apricot, candied apple, pineapple, green mango, pie crust, cream, wet slate, salinity.
  
  Pronounced palate.
  
  Medium (+) body, medium (+) acidity, long finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type White
• Producer Bodega Catena Zapata
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation White Stones
• Vineyard Adrianna Vineyard
• Country Argentina
• Region Mendoza
• SubRegion Valle de Uco
• Appellation Gualtallary
• UPC Codes 4000150700528, 5706579421288, 7350107673045

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 23 (5%)
• In Cellars 378 (75%)
• Consumed 103 (20%)

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