Zuccardi Fósil Chardonnay

Fósil comes from the San Pablo vineyard high in the Uco Valley, where the calcareous soils are full of ancient marine fossils. It’s Chardonnay made the Zuccardi way: hand-picked, wild fermented, aged in concrete and neutral oak with no new wood, so what you taste is the site.

Lemon peel, green apple, white flowers and a wet-stone salinity that runs right through the palate. Tight, precise and long, closer in spirit to Chablis than to a buttery New World Chardonnay.

Serve cool rather than ice cold. Oysters, ceviche, roast chicken, or grilled fish with olive oil.

Zuccardi Valle de Uco, Fósil, Mendoza, Argentina.