Talinay Caliza Chardonnay, Limari Valley, Chile

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Caliza is a new wine from Felipe Müller, sourced from a 0.7-hectare parcel of the spectacular Talinay vineyard. Barrel fermented in older wood with no malolactic, it's a Chile meets Puligny-Montrachet style with pear and citrus fruit, chalky minerality and a whisper of patisserie spices. 2023-30 - 95 points - Tim Atkin

98pts & "Highest Rated Wine" & "Best White Wine" & "Best Chardonnay" by Descorchados


VINEYARD
The Talinay vineyard is located in the Limarí Valley on the indomitable cool coast of northern Chile. It is next to the Fray Jorge National Park, in an area that UNESCO has declared a World Biosphere Reserve. Caliza comes from a small plot of 0.7 hectares, where the highest concentration of limestone is found in the soil, planted in 2006 with a density of 5,000 plants per hectare.

PRODUCTION AND AGEING
Every single task in the vineyard, from pruning to harvesting, is carefully supervised by our viticultural and winemaking team in order to produce the best quality fruit possible. The grapes were hand-harvested on the 25th of February into 20kg-bins to avoid any damage to the fruit. The grapes were manually selected to ensure that only the best entered the fermentation process. Then the wine fermented in French oak barrels from prestigious sources such as Fontainebleau, Jupille and Vosges and was aged in them for 10 months.

TASTING NOTES
Pale yellow in colour, Caliza is a wine with great depth, long, tense, juicy and with nerve. Saline, mineral notes and great verticality in the mouth. Undoubtedly a wine with character, in which the full force of the Talinay vineyard is felt.