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Reviews & Awards

2009 Chardonnay

 

86 points, Silver Medal & Best Buy in the 2010 World Value Wine Challenge-Top 10 White Wine $8 and Under


Tasting Notes

Ambiente Mendoza Chardonnay has fresh aromas of white orchard fruits and floral notes. Peach, melon and sweet citrus flavors with a crisp lasting finish round out this clean and easy to drink wine.

Food Pairings

Pairs well with pork, chicken, seafood or on its own.

Varietal(s)

85% Chardonnay
10% Chenin Blanc
5% Viognier

Region

Mendoza, Argentina

Vineyard & Winemaking Notes

The grapes are hand harvested at optimum ripeness from the foothills of the Andes Mountains in the San Rafael region of Mendoza. The near-desert conditions are remedied by water from the snow-capped Andes that also guard the area from radical temperature shifts that would otherwise hurt the harvest, and instead account for better fruit flavor and maturation in the clean, pollution-free mountain air. Mendoza rests on the San Andreas Fault and experiences near weekly small earthquakes. These mini-quakes shift layers of sand, clay, and loam with gravel and limestone, providing Mendoza’s vineyards with superb root nutrients and variety.