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Style: White Wine
Varietal: Chardonnay
Region: Bio Bio
Category: Chile
Size: 750 ml
Price: $23.99
Reg:
2010 January Wine Club Reserve Selection
Chile, as it stands today, is more known for their red varietals than their white, but that reputation could change with the help of a jet setting winemaker rooted in the Burgundian tradition.
Forty-six year-old Pascal Marchand was born in Montreal, but earned his winemaking stripes in one of the most competitive wine markets in the world: Burgundy. His resume boasts wineries like Domaine des Comte Armand, Domaine de la Vougeraie and Joseph Phelps Freestone, as well as consulting gigs in Australia, Argentina, Greece, the US and finally Chile at Bodegas Veranda.
From the Miraflores Single Vineyard in the cool-climate Bio Bio Valley of Southern Chile, this Chardonnay shows the minerality and restraint that Burgundian winemakers often strive for, while also displaying the kind of softly ripe white fruit that New World Chardonnays often carry. A success for March and, indeed for this relatively new Chilean winery.
Reviews
Jay Miller Wine Advocate 89 Points
The light gold-colored 2007 Chardonnay Oda Miraflores Single Vineyard offers up a white Burgundy-like bouquet of minerals, hazelnuts, white peach, and baked apple. It has lively acidity and good flavors but could use a bit more concentration. Veranda produces distinctive, elegant, cool climate-styled wines.
International Wine Cellar 90 Points
Pale yellow. Musky peach skin and pear aromas are complicated by smoked meat and wet stone. Fresh orchard and pit fruit flavors are firmed by juicy acidity and brightened by a note of orange zest. The citrus note repeats on the tight, minerally finish. I really like this wine's balance and precision.
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