Caelum Chardonnay Estate 2022

Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza

Tasting notes

Gold with green glints. The nose moves from lime through tropical fruit to mineral notes. The palate is well structured, balanced and fresh, closing clean and lively.

Pairs with

• Grilled chicken with herbs
• Grilled white fish with lemon
• Ceviche and shellfish
• Green asparagus risotto
• Fresh goat's cheese

Where it comes from

Caelum is a small constellation of the southern sky that depicts a sculptor's chisel; the winery took the name because, for them, their own hands play that role. This Chardonnay comes from Agrelo, part of Luján de Cuyo, the classic wine district just south of the city of Mendoza. The vines were planted in 2009 at 1,000 metres at the foot of the Andes, on clay with stones, where the dry mountain climate and cool nights help the grapes hold on to their acidity. Picking and sorting are done by hand, malolactic fermentation is deliberately prevented and the wine never touches oak, so fruit and freshness take the place of butter and vanilla. Around 4,000 bottles are made each year.

Hand-sorted clusters pressed whole, cold settling of the must, no malolactic fermentation, about six months in stainless steel, then fined and filtered.

Serving

Serve at 10–11 °C in a white wine glass.

Technical sheet

From the winery Caelum

A family estate in Agrelo that spent a decade growing grapes before it started bottling its own wine.

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