Santa Ema Reserve Chardonnay 2011
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Robert
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Drink with sauced full-bodied fish, shellfish, grilled rabbit, white meats, and ripe cheeses.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2011 Reserva Chardonnay is whole bunch pressed and raised on its lees for eight months in French and American oak. It has a fresh, crisp bouquet with lime flower and lemon peel scents, a touch of vanilla pod in the background. The palate offers ripe green apple and mango on the entry. The acidity is crisp and the finish, harmonious and long, with just the right amount of nuanced oak on the finish. This is a well made Chardonnay at a great price.
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Vinos Santa Ema is, hands-down, one of the best value/quality brands from Chile,
offering one of strongest quality-to-price wine brands in the world today. Santa Ema’s founding
Pavone family trace their history in Chile back to 1917 when they first came to the region as
grape farmers. Nearly 100 years and four generations of hands-on experience gives Santa Ema
a deep understanding of the Maipo Valley’s unique terroir. The family has established a 500 acre viticultural ‘path’ from the Andes Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, featuring the best terroir from each zone of Maipo: Alt a, Medio and Costa (Leyda). Extensive and selective vineyard ownership allows for creativity and innovation in the vineyards and winery, while guaranteeing quality control. The result is a collection of generous, elegant, regionally distinct wines that overdeliver. Winemaking: The portfolio commences with the excellent value offering, Select Terroir Reserva, which offers excellent fruit concentration, purity of its origin and unmistakable varietal typicity. The next tier up is Sant a Ema’s Reserva/Gran Reserva range. This is the winery’s most traditional and best known collection. Consistently awarded with medals and scores, including a coveted spot on the Wine Spectator Top 100. Perfect harmony and complexity are achieved through delicate barrel aging plus bottle aging. The Am plus line plays on the Latin word for ‘important, sophisticated, distinguished and honorable’. Amplus wines represent the union of tradition and modernity. These are exciting wines with tremendous complexity and elegance.