Winemaker Notes
This light greenish-yellow Chardonnay stands out for its fine, delicate structure and good balance. The fresh and complex nose offers aromas of mandarin orange, orange blossom, white peach and light notes of pear. The palate impresses with vibrant acidity and its characteristic minerality.
Professional Ratings
-
James Suckling
Aromas of sliced apple and hints of stone with some vanilla and cream. Full body, round and soft texture with lots yogurt and mineral undertones. Dense. Screw cap.
-
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The coastal 2016 Chardonnay Aconcagua Costa from Arboleda, the sister project of Errazuriz, was produced with grapes grown 12 kilometers away from the Pacific Ocean, from the coastal part of Aconcagua. It fermented with native yeast in oak barrels where the wine matured for ten months. It has moderate alcohol (13%) and remarkable acidity, very clean aromas and flavors. It's very dry, with a sharp texture and very fine acidity. 50,000 bottles produced.
Rating: 90+
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
The Aconcagua River runs east from the charming costal town of Valparaiso and bisects the land creating the valley after which it was named. While alluvial soils predominate the Aconcagua Valey along its river throughout, its east-west flow creates drastically different conditions on each of its ends. Its western, seaside vineyards, with clay and stony soils upon gently rolling hills, produce cool-climate varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Its inner region is one of Chile’s hottest and produces some of its best red wines. Panquehue in the inner Aconcagua is the site of Chile’s first Syrah vines, planted in 1993.