Gran Medalla Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 3 to 8 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled lobster with butter sauce
✨ Technical Specifications
Trapiche's Gran Medalla range was originally conceived to celebrate the winery's landmark 120th anniversary, showcasing the heights of Argentine viticulture. This Chardonnay is crafted from carefully selected high-altitude vineyards in the Uco Valley, primarily within the cool-climate sub-region of Tupungato. Here, the intense Andean sunshine combined with cold mountain nights allows the Chardonnay grapes to ripen slowly, retaining a vibrant natural acidity. The wine is fermented and aged in French oak barrels with regular lees stirring (bâtonnage), which imparts a luxurious, creamy texture and subtle notes of toasted brioche and vanilla, beautifully framing the wine's core of fresh pear, citrus, and mineral undertones.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1883 by Tiburcio Benegas, Bodega Trapiche is one of Argentina's oldest, most revered, and internationally recognized wine producers, based in Maipú, Mendoza. Operating from a historic Florentine-style winery at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, the estate combines over a century of viticultural heritage with pioneering innovation and biodynamic practices. Renowned as a trailblazer of Argentine Malbec, Trapiche works with grower vineyards across premium microclimates to craft terroir-driven Single Vineyard selections, versatile Oak Cask varietals, and elegant white and sparkling wines that celebrate the diverse terroirs of Mendoza.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5% - 14%