2019 Bodega Catena Zapata White Clay Lujan de Cuyo

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  10/9/2021 - mjwstickings Likes this wine: 88 Points

  A nice value at just $20 in Ontario, this blend of 60% Semillon and 40% Chenin Blanc starts quite lean with dominant citrus and mineral notes but turns fuller and more complex with time, a pleasant expression of the two French varietals from high-altitude Argentina, if also reminiscent of a fleshy Campanian white. It remains citrusy (lemony) and minerally, with a solid backbone and a dry finish, but the aromas and flavours bring additional notes of apple, peach, white pepper, nuts, and biscuit (the last of these suggestive of a yeasty bubbly), while the early lean, tart aspect early fills out into a silkier mouthfeel given the emergence of orchard and stone fruit. You don't often see these two varietals together, and I'm not sure either really stands out here, but the combination certainly works.

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  8/26/2021 - cono_sur Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Blend of 60% Semillón and 40% Chenin Blanc. It has a medium to medium-high intensity nose that offers a pleasing mix of grapefruit, white floral, lemon peel, and leesy mineral aromas. The medium+ bodied palate is dry, fleshy and concentrated with lovely floral, lemon peel, grapefruit replays, plus some herbs and thyme flavours adding complexity and interest. It has balanced acidity, with flavours of apple and pear appearing on the mid-palate and continuing through to the long finish, where it is joined by leesy mineral notes.
  
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  11/22/2020 - MichelNL wrote:

  Hier ben ik eigenlijk best enthousiast over. In het glas helder licht goudgeel. De neus is expressief met perzik, citrus, natte steen, boter. In de mond medium plus zuren, gemiddelde body. Veel primair fruit met lichte vettigheid. Duidelijk malo. Heel prima glas. Yum.

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