Q Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 6 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, grilled sea bass, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Q' in Zuccardi Q stands for 'Quality', a designation originally used to mark the finest barrels of the harvest. Launched in the late 1990s, this range represents the family's pioneering steps toward identifying the best micro-terroirs of Mendoza. This Chardonnay is sourced from high-altitude vineyards in the Uco Valley, specifically Gualtallary and El Peral, where the combination of alluvial soils, intense mountain sunlight, and cool nights yields grapes with exceptional concentration and natural acidity. Fermented with native yeasts in concrete vessels and French oak barrels, the wine undergoes aging on its fine lees, resulting in a beautifully structured white that balances vibrant citrus and stone fruit flavors with a distinct mineral backbone and a creamy, elegant texture.
🍾 About the Producer
Familia Zuccardi was founded in 1963 by engineer Alberto 'Tito' Zuccardi, who planted experimental vines in Mendoza to demonstrate an innovative irrigation system. Under the stewardship of his son José Alberto and grandson Sebastián Zuccardi, the estate transformed into a vanguard of modern Argentine viticulture, shifting the focus decisively toward the high-altitude, cool-climate micro-terroirs of the Uco Valley. At elevations ranging from 1,000 to over 1,400 meters—most notably in Paraje Altamira, San Pablo, and Gualtallary—the estate farms on alluvial soils richly encrusted with calcium carbonate and marine limestone deposits. Farming avoids synthetic agrochemicals and embraces organic practices. Vinification prioritizes transparency and place, favoring spontaneous native-yeast fermentations in unlined concrete amphorae and minimal oak intervention. Renowned for parcel-specific Malbecs like Finca Piedra Infinita alongside taut, mineral white expressions such as Botanico Chardonnay and Polígonos Semillón, Zuccardi crafts wines marked by chiseled acidity, chalky tannins, and pristine Andean tension.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13-14%