Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay 2019
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Goes well with seafood and fish in sauces with butter, cheese or cream; white meats such as rabbit, turkey, pork or game birds. Also, light dishes based on legumes or grains; soft curries based on coconut milk; ravioli, lasagna and polenta in white sauces.
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A medium-to full-bodied white with aromas of cooked apple, dried pear, lemon zest, cardamom and stones. Fresh, focused and flavorful with a phenolic texture. Pretty finish.
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The textbook varietal 2019 Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay was produced with fruit from Limarí where they can pick ripe grapes with 13.5% alcohol and very high acidity even in warmer years. It's very tasty and has the salty minerality of the soils from Quebrada Seca in Limarí. It fermented and matured in Burgundian barrels for 12 months, and the oak is present but does not dominate. The wine is quite Burgundian and finishes with a dry chalky sensation. 180,000 bottles produced.
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Wine Spectator
Exotic and rich tasting, with notes of dried mint and beeswax to the open-textured baked white fruit flavors. The creamy finish features tropical overtones.
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Founded in 1883, Vina Concha y Toro is Latin America's leading producer and occupies an outstanding position among the world’s most important wine companies, currently exporting to 135 countries worldwide. Uniquely, it owns around 9,500 hectares of prime vineyards, which allows the company to secure the highest quality grapes for its wine production. Concha y Toro's portfolio includes a wide range of successful brands at every price point, from the top of the range Don Melchor and Almaviva to the flagship brand Casillero del Diablo and innovative stand-alone brands such as Palo Alto and Maycas del Limarí. The company has 3,162 employees and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
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.
Part of the Coquimbo region and a key location for pisco production, the Limari Valley is one of the northern most wine producing regions of Chile. The other two, also part of Coquimbo, are the Elqui and less-developed Choapa Valleys. While more vineyard area is dedicated to pisco production (via the grapes of Muscat of Alexandria, Pedro Jimenez, Moscatel de Asturia and Torontel), the acreage under vine for still wine production has increased. The intense sunlight in the Limari Valley, coupled with little rainfall as well as the cooling effect of the Humboldt Current from the Pacifc Ocean, all make the area ideal for cool climate grapes like Chardonnay and Pinot noir.