Malleco represents the exploration of one of the most extreme valleys in Chile for wine production. A new wine frontier, an ideal terroir to produce high-end Chardonnay in Chile, with a different style from other outstanding origins such as Limarí –which offers wines with marked minerality– or Aconcagua Costa –which delivers sharp acidity and great power. The Traiguen area in the Malleco valley produces wines of great tension and fruity austerity, as well as complexity, balance and finesse. A very typical style of Chardonnay marked by elegance, verticality on the palate and subtlety on the nose and mouth.
The wine offers a bright pale yellow color, intense and elegant aromas of citrus fruits and green apples as well as hints of nuts, such as hazelnuts and roasted chestnuts. A tense and fresh acidity on the palate, and a vertical structure in the mouth. Very fine and complex, its long persistence highlights the austere character of its fruit and a delicate minerality.
Shellfish and fish of intense flavor, such as smoked salmon, swordfish, giant perch, and white meats, poultry.
"Fresh and pure on the nose with green fruits and lots of star fruit, a hint of flint and a slight creamy edge. Subtle and bright with a tense mid-palate that creates a creamy but fresh mouthfeel. Medium- to full-bodied and long. Drink now."
- James Suckling (February 2023), 94 pts
"The 2021 Chardonnay Black Series from Traiguén, Malleco, and was aged in 35% new oak barrels. A greenish yellow hue. The nose presents austere lime, acacia and aniseed notes over a layer of green apple, oak and hazelnuts and hints of ginger zest. Centered by the freshness (this white is all about the balanced acidity), it has a packaged, creamy texture before the long-lasting, malic finish. - Joaquín Hidalgo"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (March 2023), 93 pts
"The 2021 Black Series Chardonnay wasproduced with grapes from the south,Malleco, on two different soils—volcanicand granite. It's from a cool year, and thewine was cropped at 13.5% alcohol andretained a touch of sugar, making itrounder. It's subtly oaked, in a veryattractive way, in barriques and foudres,tasty and almost salty. 5,700 bottlesproduced. It was bottled in March 2022.- Luis Gutierrez"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (April 2023), 92 pts
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