Bodega Chacra is located in the Rio Negro Valley of northern Patagonia, 620 miles south of Buenos Aires, roughly equidistant west to east from the Andes Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. It is an idyllic region for grape growing notable for the absence of phylloxera and vine diseases. Due to the region's remoteness the air is unbelieveably pristine, creating tremendous luminosity and intensity of sunlight. In 2004 Piero Incisa della Rocchetta purchased the first of three vineyards that have now become Bodega Chacra. Piero was captivated by an abandoned plot of Pinot Noir planted over 70 years ago, and became obsessed by the notion of producing world class Pinot Noir in one of the most remote, inhospitable and unlikely places in the world.

The gnarled ungrafted Pinot vines produce tiny bunches of small, concentrated berries which are harvested by hand. The grapes are hand-picked, hand de-stemmed and sorted before moving to cement tanks for fermentation. Winemaking is done in the most natural manner with minimal intervention.  When the alcoholic fermentation is complete, the wine is transferred off the skins into small French oak barrels, by gravity, without pressing or filtering. Bottling takes place after 11 months without fining or filtration. The objective is for the oak, the fruit and the nuances of the soil to marry perfectly, so that influence of the wood is nearly imperceptible in the wine, creating a true expression of grape and terroir.