Matetic VineyardsChardonnay EQ 2014

This is crazy excellent with dense fruit and super texture yet it remains very bright and agile. Full to medium body, light apple, stone, and light straw. Love the length. 80% used oak. Touch of malo. Drink now. Made from biodynamic grapes.

The 2014 EQ Chardonnay is sourced from a slope vineyard on granitic soils at 19 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. The whole clusters were cool down and pressed at low pressure. There was a big frost in the spring of 2013, so yields were cut in half, and the Chardonnay was the grape most affected by this. The must fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels where the lees were worked totaling some 11 months in barrel before bottling. It wants to be a classical Chardonnay showing the coastal freshness with good acidity, balanced by some creaminess in the palate. There are some yellow fruit aromas and plenty of yeasty hints. Only a small percentage of the wine goes through malolactic, just to add a creamy note to balance the sharp texture of the granite soils. The palate is medium-bodied and combines ripe, slightly exotic aromas and a sea breeze, marine profile.

Ekologiska och biodynamiska Matetic har gjort sig kända för stilfulla och eleganta viner från svala klimat i Chile. Här i San Antonio Valley svalkar Stilla Havsvindarna och gör att druvorna får en långsammare mognad. Vilket ger komplexitet och fräschör till vinerna. EQ 2014 är just ett sådant vin - fräscht citrus- och limesmakande med smör, en touch av ek och frisk mineralitet. Det är stilfullt, snyggt och läckert.