Errazuriz Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay, Aconcagua Valley

Description

Errazuriz Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay is a single-vineyard, 100% Chardonnay sourced from a vineyard in the Aconcagua Valley located barely 7.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean.

Aconcagua Valley Single Vineyard

The vineyard was planted by Errazuriz in 2005 and 2009. The climate is Mediterranean, acquiring cold weather conditions thanks to its proximity to the sea. The soil has a thin layer of loamy texture and is based on a base of clay and metamorphic rock (slate/schist), providing the mineral notes present in the wines that are grown in these vineyards.

Errazuriz Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay Winemaking

• The grapes for Errazuriz Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay are hand-picked in the early morning and transported to the winery when still cool.
• The whole clusters are then gently crushed.
• The must is decanted into stainless steel vats for clarity.
• The juice is fermented in French oak barrels (5% new) using only native yeasts.
• Fermentation is temperature-controlled, and around 50% of the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation.
• Errazuriz Aconcagua Costa Chardonnay is aged for 11 months.

About Errazuriz Estate Wines

Errazuriz Estate was founded in 1870 when Don Maximiano Errazuriz planted his first vineyards at Panquehue in the Aconcagua Valley – 100km North of the capital. Today, the tradition of quality lives on with Don Maximiano’s descendant Eduardo Chadwick. Eduardo has overseen the modernisation of the winemaking technology at this historic Estate whilst maintaining a distinct identity for its wines. Dedicated to producing estate-grown wines of superior quality, Errazuriz has built a reputation as the “Premier Family Wine Estate of Chile”.