2018 Cobos Bramare VD Chardonnay Los Arbolitos Vine. Mendoza

So fresh in the nose with sliced apples, lemons, rock salt and lavender. Full-bodied, yet very tight and compact. It's tightly structured and so long. Block-salt undertones. Give it a year or two to come around completely. Drink or hold.

Los Arbolitos is a much-coveted source of fruit in Los Chacayes, owned by the sommelier Andrés Rosberg. The balance that's a feature of wines from the site is in evidence here on this toasty, concentrated Chardonnay with its subtle wood, fine texture and long refreshing finish. The richest of the Cobos Chardonnays. 2021-24.

A Chardonnay from Los Chacayes, pressed in whole bunches before ageing for 11 months in oak, a third of it new. The 2018 Chardonnay Bramare Los Arbolitos Vineyard is a direct wine with a fresh profile in which the wood takes a back seat. The nose presents pear, apple, a hint of acacia and country herbs over fine oaky notes. Intense with just the right point of ripeness, the flavor is long-lasting and crunchy while the aftertaste is of white fruit.