In Bond Fine Wine. 2021 Catena Zapata White Bones Chardonnay Adrianna Vineyard, Adrianna Vineyard, Uco Valley, Argentina. White argentina - white in 3x75cl. Drinking window: 2023–2033. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
One of the world's most distinctive Chardonnays, an intensely aromatic, chalky, saline expression of Adrianna Vineyard's limestone-rich soil Founded in Mendoza in 1902, Catena Zapata is one of the defining names in modern Argentine wine. It was Nicolas Catena's belief in the potential of extreme high-altitude vineyards that transformed the family's fortunes and helped change international perceptions of Argentine fine wine. The Adrianna Vineyard, planted high in Gualtallary in the foothills of the Andes, was initially considered an audacious experiment. Today it is the source of Catena's most celebrated wines. Under Laura Catena and winemaker Alejandro Vigil, detailed research into altitude, soils and individual vineyard parcels has taken this work even further. Wines such as White Stones and White Bones are the result: tiny-production, site-specific wines that have established Adrianna…
Luis Gutiérrez (LG) — 98/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 30/11/2022 · Drink 2023-2031
The 2021 White Bones Chardonnay was harvested at two different points of ripeness and then blended into the final wine, which is subtler than the explosive 2020 I tasted next to it but with the same palette of aromas'thyme, rosemary, lavender, rockrose, white flowers, citrus, pine needles, incense, curry and spices'and the palate is seamless, mineral and with a chalky texture. It's brilliant and…
James Suckling (JS) — 99/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 05/03/2023
What an exotic, perfumed yet elegant nose here full of thyme, local herbs, green papaya, ginger and green curry. Lemon grass and lime zest. So fresh and elegant on the palate with a chalky texture to the center-palate. Really transparent, subtle, quiet and long. A unique chardonnay from a cool and elegant vintage, but intense and idiosyncratic. Unique to the landscape. Drink now or hold.
Joaquin Hidalgo (JHi) — 98/100 · Vinous, 01/07/2023 · Drink 2023-2033
The 2021 Chardonnay Adrianna Vineyard White Bones hails from Gualtallary, Uco Valley. It was aged for up to 16 months in used French barrels. An alluring yellow hue with a greenish sheen. The cool year imparted a distinctive, complex character featuring herbal aromas enriched by hop, sage, and thyme alongside hints of curry and acacia over a delicate layer of rose before late-developing pear and…