ZUCCARDI VALLE UCO FOSIL CHARDONNAY 2021

VALLE UCO FOSIL CHARDONNAY 2021ZUCCARDI 97 pts VinousThe 2021 Chardonnay Fósil from San Pablo, Uco Valley was 30% aged in 500-liter barrels, the rest in concrete. Yellow in the glass. The nose offers notes of linden blossom, apple, country herbs and a hint of huacatay, a mountain herb. Dry in the mouth with a chalky feel and expansive freshness that brings nuance and depth; the flow is ethereal and saline while the finish lingers at leisure. The conditions that year really helped to dial up the quality, surpassing previous vintages. A complex, refined expression, tight like the best bands and continuing the austere spirit with which Fósil made its name.- By Joaquín Hidalgo on August 2022Zuccardi’s journey is a summation of the contemporary Argentine wine scene. Today, the estate makes some of the most interesting reds and whites in the country when just 20 years ago they were unknown in the fine wines market. In the 1980s, under the second generation of the Zuccardi family, led by Jos