Description
A wine from perhaps the most unique terroir in the world: these wines are named after the Tara salt flats in northern Chile, the world’s driest desert with only 20mm of rainfall. Being just 22km from the ocean, and with no mountain to block its influence, the cold fog rolls in and its cooling, moistening influence enables an extreme form of viticulture. The wine was aged for 24 months; 70% in stainless steel tanks and 30% in fifth-use, 228-litre, Burgundy-style, French oak barrels. As it was neither clarified nor filtered, some precipitation may occur. The wine contains a fine sediment, which gives it a very special and unique character.
Tasting Notes :
Letting the wine open in the glass, the struck flint aromas move into a stony character, with the fruit ranging from crisply ripe apple & nectarine to plump citrus. Medium-bodied, with a soft mid-palate, and the acidity firmly underscoring the juicy fruit, driving it into the lengthy finish. The toasty nut quality comes from the fine lees, as they block malolactic fermentation from occurring (no buttery or oaky Chardonnay here!).
