Winemaker Notes
Vina Cobos Felino Chardonnay is a pale straw yellow color with green tones. Aromas of pear, green apple and citrus. On the palate, it is clean, with good mid palate, nice structure and long finish.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
Beautifully colored, the 2025 Chardonnay Felino is sourced from both Valle de Uco (70%) and Lujan de Cuyo (30%). Layered in pear and passionfruit, it’s brilliant in salinity and fresh herb, with no malolactic fermentation, instead raised six months in mostly stainless steel with a tiny amount of new oak. Bitter, oily lemon provides a lovely accent to the medium-bodied richness and volume, finishing rounded and refined. Drink now through 2032.
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James Suckling
Fresh aromas of lemons, apricots and touches of lees and cream. Round and creamy, with a medium body and fresh but supple acidity. Just 10% malolactic and 7% new oak.
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Wine Enthusiast
Made from high-altitude vineyards across Mendoza and with a focus on varietal expression, this Chardonnay presents lemon zest on the nose. A fresh citrus palate includes flavors of nectarine and a light touch of sage.
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Wine Spectator
Succulent in feel, with verbena accents to the pineapple and pear flavors. Adds hints of sage and Marcona almond on the finish.
Viña Cobos makes wines that are authentic expressions of the terroir from which they come. Paul Hobbs, founding partner and winemaker at Viña Cobos, has worked since 1988 in the exploration of the different terroirs of Mendoza, looking for the most distinguished regions in Luján de Cuyo and the Valle de Uco, to produce wines that uniquely express their origins.
Sustainable farming methods in the vineyard contribute to consistent yields of healthy fruit. In the winery, careful treatment of the grapes and meticulous winemaking techniques result in complex and elegant wines of subtlety and balance.
With the inaugural vintage of Cobos Malbec in 1999, Viña Cobos marked a milestone in viticulture, defying existing standards and firmly positioned Malbec and Argentina on the international wine scene. Since then, our prestigious wines have been recognized around the globe by critics and consumers alike.
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.
By far the largest and best-known winemaking province in Argentina, Mendoza is responsible for over 70% of the country’s enological output. Set in the eastern foothills of the Andes Mountains, the climate is dry and continental, presenting relatively few challenges for viticulturists during the growing season. Mendoza, divided into several distinctive sub-regions, including Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley, is the source of some of the country’s finest wines.
For many wine lovers, Mendoza is practically synonymous with Malbec. Originally a Bordelaise variety brought to Argentina by the French in the mid-1800s, here it found success and renown that it never knew in its homeland where a finicky climate gives mixed results. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and Pinot Noir are all widely planted here as well (and sometimes even blended with each other or Malbec). Mendoza's main white varieties include Chardonnay, Torrontés, Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon.