Winemaker Notes
A rich gold hay color. On the nose, aromas of tropical fruits such as kiwi and pineapple along with delicate floral notes. The palate has good balanced between refreshing acidity and a lush mouthfeel.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2022 La Playa Estate Un-Oaked Chardonnay is fresh, clean, and has an excellent palate presence. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of peach skin and tropical fruits. Pair it with linguine and clams. (Tasted: June 5, 2024, San Francisco, CA)
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.
Well-regarded for intense and exceptionally high quality red wines, the Colchagua Valley is situated in the southern part of Chile’s Rapel Valley, with many of the best vineyards lying in the foothills of the Coastal Range.
Heavy French investment and cutting-edge technology in both the vineyard and the winery has been a boon to the local viticultural industry, which already laid claim to ancient vines and a textbook Mediterranean climate.
The warm, dry growing season in the Colchagua Valley favors robust reds made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Malbec and Syrah—in fact, some of Chile’s very best are made here. A small amount of good white wine is produced from Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.