Tasting- Maipe

Name:  Maipe

Variety:  85% Chardonnay, 15% Viognier

Region:  Mendoza

Country:  Argentina

Year:  2012

Price:  $7.95

VC Review:  30% malolactic fermentation, 30% was aged in French oak barrels. Brilliant yellow golden color with green hints. The wine is crisp and filled with white peach, pear, green apples flavors, toasty vanilla. Elegant and luscious wine, well balanced. Crisp and long finish. Pairs well with creamy soups, pork, veal, vegetables.  

My notes:  This wine has a much more potent nose with hints of perfume.  I can also detect the oak in the nose.  This wine is very drinkable and well balanced due to its slight acidity and creamy mouthfeel (probably due to the malolactic fermentation).  It is not too dry or oaky, which many Chardonnays are for my taste, so I would drink it again.  

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