The Ventisquero Tara Atacama White Wine 1 2020 is only available in 10 Liquor Control Board of Ontario stores and considering the price of $54.95 it is no wonder! The label does not specifically label the wine as a Chardonnay instead stating: “Base Wine: Chardonnay”. Third party websites confirm it is 100% Chardonnay. My Anti Virus system gave me a warning the Ventisquero website was dangerous so I did not check that website for the possible other grapes that might have supplemented the “base wine”.
11,000 cases were produced.
Aromatics: Honey, apple, persimmons, sweet white Jaffa grapefruit and guava.
Palate: Grapefruit, tangerine with noticeable acidity. Pardon the comparison but the acidity and grapefruit remind me of an Ontario Riesling! Any richness and complexity is robbed by the bitter grapefruit finish.
Personality: OK so tim.atkin.com rated me a 96 so I must be great right? However if you like a wine with a sour disposition and not a lot of depth I am your wine.
Cellarbility: Being a shallow wine not much to improve upon by ageing.
Food Match: Being somewhat akin to a Vino Verde white I would pair with grilled sardines.
Price: $54.95 (Ontario). Being a sample this did not burn my pocket but quite frankly a 99-pound weakling Chardonnay.
In a nutshell: At a 96/100 timatkin.com rating I have a Luca Maroniish feeling.
RKS 2023 Wine Rating: 77/100. Timatkin.com 96/100.
(Tara Atacama White Wine 1 2020, D.O. Atacama Valley, Viña Ventisquero, Doñihue, Chile, Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 511377, 750 mL, 13%).
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