› Empowering Collectors › Auction, Retail, Storage
› Fine & Rare Wine › www.SpectrumWine.com › › |
| | |
|
| | "Piero Incisa della Rocchetta, a member of the family that owns Tenuta San Guido [Sassicaia], came to Patagonia in 2004 on the invitation of Hans Vinding-Diers and his then wife Countess Noemí Marone Cinzano.
Mainqué proved to be his place in the world." |
| | | "From the second Chardonnay vintage [2018], the whites were produced with the help of Jean-Marc Roulot of Burgundy fame, who is not a consultant here; he's a co-owner ....
Chacra had some old Merlot that was part of the deal when they bought the 1955 vineyard, and they had produced a Merlot in the past. However, it was not a wine that fit in their Pinot Noir-focused portfolio, so those [ungrafted, massal selection] 40-year-old Merlot vines were regrafted to Chardonnay and Trousseau.
By chance, when they did their soils study with terroir expert Pedro Parra from Chile, they found out that plot was the ‘filet mignon’ of their vineyard. So they got very excited about it. They are now planting more Chardonnay and regrafting some more, as they have the idea to build a small separate winery just for the Chardonnay. In 2017, they made 50 barrels that were divided into two wines. They applied Roulot's vast experience with whites and his famously obsessive fine-tuning of the pressing to avoid obtaining harsh flavors or textures in his search for elegant and mineral wines ....
The wines go straight to the top of the hierarchy of white wines from Argentina."
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
|
| | ‣ "Such a flinty nose that delivers a full package of minerality. Quarry, chalk, gun powder and lime. The nose really speaks to you. Creamy and textured on the palate with bright but chiselled acidity and real tension. One of the best Mainqués ever? Chacra’s answer to fine Chablis. Drink or hold. From biodynamically grown grapes."
97
Zekun Shuai, JamesSuckling.com |
| ‣ "... Produced by Jean-Marc Roulot from 40-year-old ungrafted vines in Mainqué in the Lunita property (where they regrafted the vines to Chardonnay), where they work with cover crops, no chemicals, and bees. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, 70% in French oak barrels and 10% each in clay, concrete egg, and stainless steel, and it matured for nine months, 70% in barrel and 10% each in concrete and stainless steel. It has the precision and purity of Roulot, which to a certain extent is the result of thorough work with the press. 'He sent us the press program,' Piero told me. 'And we now have two presses. We are learning.' When I thought about what was in common between the reds and the whites, I came up with three words: precision, purity and elegance."
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate |
| | | | | | | | |
|
| | | SPECTRUM WINE SANTA ANA (HQ)
• SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
www.SpectrumWine.com
PHONE: 949-748-4845
FAX: 949-567-1360
HOURS:
Mon - Sun, 10:00am - 6:00pm
|
| | SPECTRUM WINE NEWPORT BEACH
• NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA
www.SpectrumWine.com/Storage
ADDRESS:
865 Production Pl
Newport Beach CA 92663-2809
USA
HOURS:
Tue - Sat, 10:00am - 5:00pm, By Appointment |
| | SPECTRUM WINE HONG KONG
• TSIM SHA TSUI, HONG KONG
www.SpectrumWine.com
PHONE: 852-2116-1103
EMAIL: Carmen.Lee@SpectrumWine.com
ADDRESS:
Room 1603, 16/FMiramar Tower
132 Nathan Rd
Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong
HOURS:Mon - Fri, By Appointment |
| | SPECTRUM WINE MINNEAPOLIS
• MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
www.SpectrumWine.com
PHONE: 949-748-4845 x 302
ADDRESS:
Minneapolis MN
HOURS: Mon - Fri, By Appointment |
| |
|
| | |
