Botanico Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled sea bass, roasted poultry with herbs, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Zuccardi's Botánico Chardonnay is a groundbreaking white wine that redefines Argentine Chardonnay, hailing from the high-altitude, extreme terroir of Gualtallary in the Uco Valley. Grown at over 1,400 meters above sea level on highly calcareous, gravelly soils, this wine is a pure expression of place. Winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi eschews oak entirely for this cuvée, fermenting and aging the wine exclusively in concrete eggs to preserve its intense minerality, laser-like acidity, and raw energy. The name Botánico pays homage to the native desert herbs, such as jarilla and wild thyme, that carpet the Gualtallary landscape and subtly infuse the wine's complex aromatic profile. It stands as a monument to modern, cool-climate Argentine viticulture, showcasing a tense, saline, and chalky character.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1963 by Alberto Zuccardi in Mendoza, Argentina, Familia Zuccardi has evolved into one of the country's most visionary and prestigious family-owned wine dynasties. Under the leadership of José Alberto Zuccardi and third-generation winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi, the estate has shifted its focus towards high-altitude viticulture in the Uco Valley, pioneering deep geological research and unadorned concrete-vessel fermentations to express genuine site specificity. Operating state-of-the-art facilities like the acclaimed Piedra Infinita winery in Paraje Altamira, Zuccardi produces benchmark, mineral-driven Malbecs such as Finca Piedra Infinita alongside benchmark expressions of Bonarda and Cabernet Sauvignon across red, white, sparkling, and fortified categories.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5-13%