Virgen Chardonnay 2022

The Bousquet family hails from the southern French city of Carcassonne. A vacation in Argentina in 1990 was enough. For Jean Bousquet, a 3rd generation winemaker, it was love at first sight. The object of the Frenchman's desire: the Uco Valley, a picturesque, isolated and arid terrain located in the heart of Mendoza. Here, where condors fly and not a vine in sight, Jean discovered his dream terroir for growing organic wines.

The vines grow in the Uco Valley, in the foothills of the Andes. The grapes, grown organically, benefit from significant temperature differences between day and night, which allows them to reach good maturity while maintaining a natural acidity. The wines are vinified with sensitivity without aging in oak barrels to let the fruit express itself and without the addition of sulfur. This wine reveals intense notes of citrus , peach , pear , apricot , acacia flowers and tropical fruits . The palate is aromatic, round and mineral.

Although Argentina is considered the "new world", its wine tradition is much older than one might think, dating back to the time of Spanish colonization, in the 16th century and then by Italian settlers. Unlike Chile, wine has long been part of the country's culture. No wine-producing country in the world has made more progress in the last years of the 20th century (on the viticultural and oenological level and necessarily financially) which has allowed the country's wine producers to increase quality levels and have succeeded in consolidating an international export market. Argentina has now become the fifth largest wine producing country in the world, after France, Italy, Spain and the United States. Viticulture is practiced mainly in the foothills of the Andes, and more particularly in Mendoza, where the desert landscapes and high altitudes combine to give rise to aromatic and intensely perfumed wines. Some vineyards can even be planted up to 3000 meters above sea level! The terroir here is well suited to the grape variety adopted by Argentina: the omnipresent Malbec. Originally from Bordeaux, he is today responsible for some of the most famous Argentinian wines, which are characterized by their brightness and intensity, with floral notes and dark fruit flavors. Other red varieties produced in Argentina are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bonarda, Syrah, Tempranillo and Pinot Noir. Among white wines, the emblematic grape variety of the Argentine wine region is Torrontés, which gives a wine with a floral and tropical taste. The country also produces Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio. Today, Argentinian wines are recognized throughout the world for their full-bodied reds and as high-quality wines.