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Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - From Mendoza, this is a Chardonnay that surprised me quite a bit. Maybe it was the silly super-heavy bottle, or maybe just an initial expectation of over-ripeness and over-extraction, but it's actually a nicely lean and complex expression, a wine with a pronounced sense of being alive, very much within the idiom of higher-altitude Argentinean whites. It needs some time still to open up, and it's quite reserved in the fruity sense at the outset, but the initial savoury notes of nuts, minerals, and white pepper are joined ultimately by a wonderful array of fruit, such as lemon, peach, yellow plum, mango, apple, and pineapple, yet that fruit never overwhelms the savoury elements. It comes to remind me of a mix of great Chilean Chardonnay and a Campania white like Greco di Tufo, the aromas and flavours balanced, just like the sweetness and acidity on the palate, all leading to a dry, prolonged finish bathed in honey. I suspect it could use 2-3 more years for better integration overall, but it's still remarkably good even just a few years in. 90-91.

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