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HIGH MOUNTAIN VINES CHARDONNAY 2017 Mendoza |
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
CATENA |
Bright medium straw colour. Attractive, intense, spicy, honeyed, ripe lemon-apple puree nose with lots of cedar notes. Dry, medium bodied, tangy, faintly cooked,, lemon-apple flavours with a lingering, crisp, quite cedary, slightly spicy, mineral-tinged, fairly high acid finish. Ready-to-drink. Has 13% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number L18178 on the back label. Screwcap closure. The 2016 (**) was released on August 5, 2017 at $19.95. TONY ASPLER / 89-points / BUY - A nose of apple and forest floor with oak spice; medium-bodied, dry, ripe yellow apple flavour with a minerally note and balancing acidity. |
CSPC |
918805 |
Type |
White Table Wine |
Agent |
Tri Alt |
Country |
Argentina |
Region |
Mendoza |
Rating |
**/**+(88 points) Spicy, Bright, Cedary |
LCBO Note |
Status |
A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection! |
TASTING NOTE: This has some high-mountain character in the appealing pear nose. Just a hint of pineapple, too. Crisp acidity and fruit freshness on the medium-full palate. Good length. Drink now. Score - 90 (James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, April 5, 2018) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
Bottle Size |
750 mL |
Tasting Date |
vintages release - December 8, 2018 |
Cases bought |
281 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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