2020 Catena Zapata ‘White Clay’ Lujan de Cuyo White Blend

WSI93+ Delicious blend that marries the bright freshness of Chenin with the weight and saturated characteristics of Semillon. Honeyed, mineral, vivacious and mouth-watering white!
JS92 Peach-skin, apricot, dried-lime and flint aromas. It’s medium-to full-bodied with sharp acidity that cuts through creamy layers of ripe fruit. Intense, mineral and smoky finish. Semillon and chenin.
WA90 The white blend 2020 Appellation Luján de Cuyo White Clay was produced with 60% Semillon and 40% Chenin Blanc from white clay soils, as the name points out. The grapes were harvested quite early and then fermented in stainless steel, managing to keep the alcohol to 13.5% in this warm and dry year. It’s balsamic and medicinal, with notes of yellow fruit and some spicy smokiness, as 35% of the wine matured in new barrels for seven to eight months. It’s soft and creamy without excess, combining volume and tasty flavors and a bitter twist in the finish. 30,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in October 2020.