Zuccardi 2018/2022 Q Chardonnay 750ml

The 2018 Q Chardonnay had a reductive and austere character; it was closed when poured, and the aromas when it opened up were stony rather than fruity. It comes from a vineyard in Gualtallary and another one in El Peral, both in the department of Tupungato. It's clean and pure, flinty and austere, with a superb palate that is sharp, pungent and serious, very mineral and less aromatic, with texture and a long, supple finish. Amazing for this price level. 60,000 bottles produced. They have increased quality and quantity.

Score: 92 points -- Luis Gutierrez, The Wine Advocate, 2018

The 2022 Q Chardonnay is one of the pillars of this range from selected villages in the Valle de Uco, here El Peral and Gualtallary (explained on the back label). This is where the wines get serious; they go beyond fruit and juiciness to look for more complexity and more sense of place through selecting the places. This fermented in concrete and used 500-liter barrels (50% each) where it matured for some six months, but there's no oak here; there's purity, nuance and complexity, freshness (no malolactic and no bâtonnage) and a fine texture with chalky tannins. It has 13.5% alcohol and full development of flavors and aromas but with freshness and tension.

Score: 92 points -- Luis Gutierrez, The Wine Advocate, 2022