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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Contra Corriente<\/h3><\/h3><\/div>Without any prior experience, Rance Rathie and Travis Smith went against all odds (or against the tide in this case), pushing the limits of viticulture and embarked on planting a small vineyard in southern Patagonia where no one had previously thought of that wine could be made. They also managed to get an incredible team and together they are producing the best southern wines in Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Contra Corriente Limited Selection Chardonnay 2021 <\/span> \u2013 TS<\/div><\/h3><\/div>Province: Chubut
\nRegion: Trevelin Valley
\nSubregion: Trevelin
\nElevation: 380 masl
\nVarietal: Chardonnay
\nTama\u00f1o del vi\u00f1edo: 3 hect\u00e1reas
\nEdad del vi\u00f1edo: \u00a09 a\u00f1os
\nNumber of plants per hectare: 5.000 plants
\nYields: between 4.000 and 7.000 kg\/ha
\nIrrigation: drip irrigation
\nSoil Composition: alluvial and glacial erosion
\nTraining method: high and medium trellis
\nHarvest date: mid to end of April
\nType of viticulture: ecological<\/p>\n
Winemaking and ageing
\nWhole cluster: no
\nYeast: selected
\nFermentation container: 40% stainless steel tank & 60% in barrel
\nMaceration technique: : whole bunch pressed, cold budded.
\nFermentation temperature: Max 18\u00ba
\nLength of fermentation: 2 weeks
\nMalolactic fermentation: yes
\nAging container size\/material: barrels and stainless steel tank
\nAge of container if wood: 1st and 2nd use
\nType of barrel and cooperage: Mercurey + Dargaud Jaegle
\nTime of aging in container: 12 months
\nTime of aging in bottle: 12 months<\/p>\n
Analytical data
\nAlcohol: 12% vol.
\nPh: 3.24
\nResidual sugar: < 2 g\/l
\nAcidity: 7,00 g\/l
\nSulfites: less than 60 ppm total, less than 20 ppm free<\/p>\n
Winemaker: Sof\u00eda Elena<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Without any prior experience, Rance Rathie and Travis Smith went against all odds (or against the tide in this case), pushing the limits of viticulture and embarked on planting a small vineyard in southern Patagonia where no one had previously thought of that wine could be made. They also managed to get an incredible team and together they are producing the best southern wines in Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Contra Corriente Limited Selection Chardonnay 2021 <\/span> \u2013 TS<\/div><\/h3><\/div>Province: Chubut
\nRegion: Trevelin Valley
\nSubregion: Trevelin
\nElevation: 380 masl
\nVarietal: Chardonnay
\nTama\u00f1o del vi\u00f1edo: 3 hect\u00e1reas
\nEdad del vi\u00f1edo: \u00a09 a\u00f1os
\nNumber of plants per hectare: 5.000 plants
\nYields: between 4.000 and 7.000 kg\/ha
\nIrrigation: drip irrigation
\nSoil Composition: alluvial and glacial erosion
\nTraining method: high and medium trellis
\nHarvest date: mid to end of April
\nType of viticulture: ecological<\/p>\n
Winemaking and ageing
\nWhole cluster: no
\nYeast: selected
\nFermentation container: 40% stainless steel tank & 60% in barrel
\nMaceration technique: : whole bunch pressed, cold budded.
\nFermentation temperature: Max 18\u00ba
\nLength of fermentation: 2 weeks
\nMalolactic fermentation: yes
\nAging container size\/material: barrels and stainless steel tank
\nAge of container if wood: 1st and 2nd use
\nType of barrel and cooperage: Mercurey + Dargaud Jaegle
\nTime of aging in container: 12 months
\nTime of aging in bottle: 12 months<\/p>\n
Analytical data
\nAlcohol: 12% vol.
\nPh: 3.24
\nResidual sugar: < 2 g\/l
\nAcidity: 7,00 g\/l
\nSulfites: less than 60 ppm total, less than 20 ppm free<\/p>\n
Winemaker: Sof\u00eda Elena<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Province: Chubut
\nRegion: Trevelin Valley
\nSubregion: Trevelin
\nElevation: 380 masl
\nVarietal: Chardonnay
\nTama\u00f1o del vi\u00f1edo: 3 hect\u00e1reas
\nEdad del vi\u00f1edo: \u00a09 a\u00f1os
\nNumber of plants per hectare: 5.000 plants
\nYields: between 4.000 and 7.000 kg\/ha
\nIrrigation: drip irrigation
\nSoil Composition: alluvial and glacial erosion
\nTraining method: high and medium trellis
\nHarvest date: mid to end of April
\nType of viticulture: ecological<\/p>\n
Winemaking and ageing
\nWhole cluster: no
\nYeast: selected
\nFermentation container: 40% stainless steel tank & 60% in barrel
\nMaceration technique: : whole bunch pressed, cold budded.
\nFermentation temperature: Max 18\u00ba
\nLength of fermentation: 2 weeks
\nMalolactic fermentation: yes
\nAging container size\/material: barrels and stainless steel tank
\nAge of container if wood: 1st and 2nd use
\nType of barrel and cooperage: Mercurey + Dargaud Jaegle
\nTime of aging in container: 12 months
\nTime of aging in bottle: 12 months<\/p>\n
Analytical data
\nAlcohol: 12% vol.
\nPh: 3.24
\nResidual sugar: < 2 g\/l
\nAcidity: 7,00 g\/l
\nSulfites: less than 60 ppm total, less than 20 ppm free<\/p>\n
Winemaker: Sof\u00eda Elena<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>