2021 Seleccion de Parcelas Los Primos Chardonnay

Bright, energetic but complex with pear, peach and lime, as well as some nut and toast complexity. There are layers of flavour here with nice acidity under the fruit, with some fresh grapefruit and citrus pith, as well as a bit of peachy richness. Nice sour acid on the finish adds balance.

Fascinating aromatically if initially a little introvert – but that actually allows some of its subtler and more unique elements to reveal themselves first. Bitter lemon, quinine, a crushed grassy chlorophyll note too. With a little aeration, it’s the citrus notes that come into focus. Quince and a fabulous dusty, earthy mineral tang. On the palate – wow! This is extraordinarily intense on the focussed and chiselled attack with a searingly fresh citrus acidity to it. Concentrated confit citrus and tarte au citron, a generous dusting of fleur de sel, even a hint of iodine. Incredibly youthful and utterly singular in its personality to the point where you might not even pick it as Chardonnay. Incredible. Such purity, such intensity and enough chiselling to carve out Mount Rushmore from scratch

The austere and tight 2021 Selección de Parcelas Los Primos Chardonnay feels very young. It was harvested the second week of April, keeping very good freshness and acidity, with 13% alcohol, and there was part of the wine that he did not add any sulfur. He used 35% new 400-liter barrels, and the used ones are still 228-liter ones that eventually will be replaced with the used 400-liter ones in future years. There is great purity and symmetry; the oak is neatly integrated; and there's nuance, detail and a superb juiciness in the palate and citrus acidity that makes you salivate. The palate is dry and mineral, serious, less Meursault and more Chablis... It's persistent and long and has all the ingredients and balance between them to develop nicely in bottle. There was some frost, and only 3,480 bottles were produced. It was bottled in August 2022.