Tres Palacios Chardonnay Reserve 2024 750ml

Blend 100% Chardonnay Harvest March 11 & March 21, 2024 Bottled August 2024 Barrel Regime 100% Stainless. Alcohol 14% Production 3000 cases The different lots are vinified separately and blended later to ensure the ideal balance of freshness and maturity. The bunches are destemmed, crushed, passed through a must chiller to lower the temperature, and then transferred to the press for a 1-hour pre-fermentation cold soak.

• Country: Chile
• Region: Valle Central
• Appellation: Maipo
• Size: 750ml
• Color: White
• Alcohol by Vol: 14.0%

Varietal

Chardonnay

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one that has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is Chardonnay. This green-skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity, which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.