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2006 Luca Chardonnay Altos de Mendoza
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About Luca

From vineyards in Mendoza (Luan de Cuyo and Agrelo) and Uco Valley, winemaker Luis Reginato produces concentrated, classy Syrah, Pinot Noir, Malbec and Chardonnay, each bearing supple, fleshy textures and superb sweetness of fruit.

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2006 Luca Chardonnay Altos de Mendoza

Producer: Luca
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: Argentina
Region: Argentina

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90(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 2008

($33) Pale yellow-gold. Exotic, high-toned fruit bomb of a nose, offering apricot, peach and lively limey lift. Then supple and almost surprisingly subdued in the mouth, with firmly structured flavors of pineapple, apricot and light vanillin oak. Sound acidity and firm underlying minerality give this a level of sophistication rare for chardonnay in Argentina. Not at all a thick style, and long and subtle on the aftertaste. Reportedly from a low crop level in a high-elevation vineyard that enjoys long hang time. Entirely barrel-fermented, with 50% new oak used. One of the few outstanding Argentine chardonnays not bottled under the Catena label-but then this is the project of Laura Catena, daughter of Nicolas Catena.

90 Points | Wine Spectator
92 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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About Argentina

Until the early 1990s, Argentina's wine industry was focused inward, as the local market's thirst was sufficient to absorb the huge quantities of everyday drinking wine produced there. But with per-capita consumption in the domestic market in sharp decline since the mid-1970s, Argentina's wine producers realized that they had to look to export markets to remain in business, and winemaking in Argentina began its transformation.


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Chardonnay

The best Chardonnays in the world continue to arrive from the region where the grape first emerged: the chalk, clay, and limestone vineyards of Burgundy and Chablis. While the origins of the grape were disputed for many years, with some speculating that the grape came all the way from the Middle East, DNA researchers at the University of California-Davis proved in 1999 that Chardonnay actually developed...
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