Producer: Bodega Catena Zapata
Wine: Alamos Chardonnay
Vintage: 2004
Country: Argentina
Appellation: Mendoza
Wine Type: White
Varietal: Chardonnay
Grade: B+
Designation: Cheap and Good
Price: $8

Nicolás Catena is the Master of the Argentina Wine Universe. Trust me, he knows what he’s doing. Catena is behind much of the growth in Argentina’s wine reputation. His quest for quality, creativity, scientific exploration, and vineyard management has helped build one of the strongest houses in Argentina and Mendoza. The Bodega exports four different lines of wine with the Alamos brand being it’s low-priced, high-value wines, and that is what they are. Their 2004 Chardonnay has a generous nose of tropical and citrus fruit aromas with floral scents to entice. There is a smooth body with broad flavors of pineapple, banana, pears that are resolved with vanilla and spice from toasted oak. Well-balanced and bright, fresh, and then is capped off with crisp acidity and a lengthy finish. For the price this is an outstanding, expressive, and delicious Chardonnay that more than satisfies. A quaffer for the crowd. Viva Catena!

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