Präzision, Reinheit und Eleganz. Er hat Noten von weißen Blumen und einen Hauch von Fenchel und anderen Kräutern
Er wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit Jean-Marc Roulot hergestellt und früh geerntet, da die Trauben früh reiften, aber den Säuregehalt beibehielten. Der Wein wurde ohne Malolaktik im Fass vergoren und verbrachte 11 Monate im Barrique. Er hat eine ausgeprägte Frucht, eine Salzigkeit, die er mit dem Chacra Chardonnay teilt, und einen schmackhaften Abgang, der von den kalkhaltigen Bestandteilen des Anschwemmungsbodens herrührt.
Luis Gutiérrez bewertet den Bodega Chacra Mainque Chardonnay Patagonia 2021 im November 2022:
I missed the Chacra wines the last time I covered Argentina during the pandemic, so from the 2018s, we jump to the 2021s whites, the top of which is the 2021 Chacra Chardonnay, produced by Jean-Marc Roulot with the help of the Chacra team. It comes from the proper Chacra Vineyard, from 40-year-old vines on mineral soils with alluvial stones covered with calcium carbonate. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, 10% in clay amphorae, 15% in concrete eggs and 75% in French oak barrels, and 75% of the wine matured in barrel for nine months, while 25% of the volume was kept in concrete for that time. It has 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.3. There is a big jump in subtleness, precision and elegance from the other Chardonnay; this comes from better vines, with better soil, more limestone, and it shows the energy, the chalkiness and the sapid sensation, almost saline in the finish. It's high pitched, pure, elegant and subtle, with a velvety mouthfeel but vibrant and full of energy, floral, perfumed, nuanced and with great purity and precision, like a laser cut with the Roulot laser... 14,000 bottles were produced. It was bottled in January 2022.
Im November 2022 von James Suckling verkostet:
Fresh apricots, white strawberries, cream, crushed stones and lemon meringue on the nose. Subtle spice, such as anise, white pepper and lemon grass. It’s medium-to full-bodied with a textured, phenolic palate. Very fresh and focused with persistency and tense layers of white fruit and minerals. Drink or hold. From biodynamically grown grapes.