Description

Le nom de la petite parcelle White Bones (os blancs) trouve son origine dans la composition du sol calcaire contenant des fossiles d’animaux qui vivaient sur le lit d’un fleuve actuellement asséché. Ce vin exprime tout le caractère d’un terrain à la minéralité singulière. Ce millésime a obtenu 100 points James Suckling, la note la plus élevée sur l’échelle de la critique américaine.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Catena Zapata
Type de vin
White Fermented in Barrels
Millésime
2018
Alcool
12.6% vol.
Cépage
100% Chardonnay
Origine
Valle de Uco

Vignoble et élaboration

Nom
Parcela White Bones dentro da vinha Adrianna.

L'avis des experts

James Suckling:

This is really exuberant at this stage with fantastic aromas of honeysuckle, salt, chalk and dried apples and pears. Full body. Dense, vivid fruit with a linear frame of wonderful, energetic acidity. The energy and length just goes on for minutes. Soulful white. Argentina’s answer to Montrachet. Stares you straight in the eyes. Drink or hold.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2018 White Bones Chardonnay shows a slightly showier personality than the 2018 White Stones, but it's less balsamic and minty than the 2017 White Bones. But this bottling is always a little more aromatic and forward than the more backward White Stones; there are flowers, pollen, herbs and white pepper. But both whites are more about the place and vintage, more about the chalky soils that give them a very specific mouthfeel, with a dry, austere personality. 6,000 bottles were filled in May 2019. - Luis Gutiérrez.