2021 Baettig Los Parientes Chardonnay, Malleco, Chile
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100% Chardonnay
After graduation from the University of Bordeaux in 2002, Francisco began working at Viña Errázuriz, where he instituted various changes in the vineyards and cellar to make it one of the premier estates in Chile. The range from this estate is remarkably diverse, and many of the projects he created there and at Viñedos Chadwick were groundbreaking for their time, most notably the Las Pizzaras Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. No summary of the best South American wine or most talented winemakers is published that doesn’t include Francisco.
Farming is manual without chemical inputs, and the harvest is conducted by hand. Despite the size, production remains limited as Francisco sells a portion of his fruit to some of the top names in Chile. Fermentations are all indigenous, and the wines are aged entirely in French oak barrels.