Edicion Limitada Black Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
creamy mushroom risotto, roasted chicken, grilled sea bass
✨ Technical Specifications
Viña Morandé's Edición Limitada Black Chardonnay is a testament to the winery's pioneering exploration of Chile's southern frontiers. Sourced from the cool, wind-swept vineyards of the South (Sur) region, particularly the volcanic soils of the Malleco Valley, this wine redefines Chilean Chardonnay. Winemakers utilize innovative vessels such as concrete eggs and large, untoasted French oak foudres for fermentation and aging. This minimal-intervention approach, combined with native yeast fermentation and extended lees contact, preserves the pristine, high-acid profile of the grapes while imparting a complex, textured mouthfeel and a distinct smoky, flinty minerality that reflects its unique terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Viña Morandé was founded in 1996 by visionary winemaker Pablo Morandé, widely celebrated as the viticultural pioneer who introduced commercial vine plantings to the cool, maritime-influenced Casablanca Valley. Now operating under the Morandé Wine Group umbrella with historical headquarters and cellars centered in Pelequén, the estate farms extensively across prime Chilean macro-terroirs ranging from coastal Casablanca and Limarí to the granitic dry-farmed Secano Interior of Maule and Itata. Under the cellar direction of Ricardo Baettig alongside Pablo Morandé, the winery is renowned for innovative technical methods, including early adoption of high-density plantings, concrete eggs, and traditional untoasted foudres. Across whites and sparkling expressions, the house crafts crisp coastal whites and classical cuvées alongside boundary-pushing benchmark bottlings such as Edición Limitada Black Chardonnay, Bestiario, and the noble rot dessert wine Edición Limitada Golden Harvest Sauvignon Blanc, marrying varietal freshness with textural complexity.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13.5%