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
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)
13-14%