MENDEL Semillon 2019

£18.49

VARIETIES

Semillon (100%)

ALCOHOL CONTENT

13.50 % Vol.

VINTAGE

2019

ORIGINS

Bodega Mendel, Paraje Altamira, La Consulta, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina

TASTING NOTES

Light Gold yellow with some green hints. Fresh, elegant and intense. At the first sniff we get remarkable herbal, fresh, and citric notes, later we can find some typical descriptors of the semillon varietal: white flowers and honey. Some oak notes such as coconut and soft vanilla aromas appear from the 15% of the wine fermented in new oak. It has a good combination of fresh, sweet aromas and minerality, that ends in an elegant and complex white wine. The wine has a very fresh mouth filling and well balanced acidity that remarks the freshness of the wine. The aromatic in the back of the mouth are similar to those in the nose: citric notes and tropical fruit, and some coconut and caramel. It is a very dense, elegant, soft and velvety wine with a persistent end.

Good with chicken and turkey.

HARVEST

Harvest time: 1st week in March 2019.

Hand-harvested, in 18-kilo crates. Bunches were selected in the vineyard.

Climatic characteristics: A little dry but very cold winter gave way to a cool spring.

Though vine shooting was slightly delayed, it turned out to be very even. Summer was somewhat hot and dry for just a few weeks. Later, it was dry and temperatures remained average to average-low until the end of the season. As autumn was mild, ripening was reached smoothly and slowly. The 2019 harvest offered high-quality wines of great aromatic intensity, medium alcohol levels, and great freshness and acidity.

WINEMAKING

On arrival at the winery, grapes are cooled down to preserve aromas and flavors. Whole bunches are pressed very lightly in the pneumatic press.

Fermentation: 85% of the must is fermented in stainless steel tanks and the remaining

15% is kept in new French oak barrels for 6 months. -Blending, filtering and bottling.

Bottled in October 2019

MENDEL Semillon 2019

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