Fossa Mala Chardonnay 2020 (750ml) Verona

Fossa Mala Chardonnay 2020 (750ml) VeronaThe grapes, harvested in the first ten days of September, come from a single clone called Ersa, which provides the wines with good flavour and structure. 50% of the wine is vinified immediately, while the remaining 50% is macerated overnight (skins and juice) at 6 C. The must obtained, decanted cold and clean, is blended and sent to ferment in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks (80%) and in oak barrels (20%), where in two weeks the win

A very perfumed

reputed to produce wines of character that are always silky and with marked fruit

As the wine ages

The special bottle celebrates 100 years of ownership by the Cordier family

It's from a cooler year in Mendoza with some frost that delivered low yields and wines of good concentration and ripeness

Floral with ripe strawberry aromas

soft cheese

but sleek and polished

The aromatic intensity is heightened on the palate with black peppery spice a strong feature that also brings real energy

an approach introduced gradually starting with the 2007 that has profoundly changed Cristal

TASTING NOTES: Produced from the Muscadelle grape

with just the right amount of acidity and richness