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"Bodega Chacra, founded in 2003 by Piero Incisa della Rochetta, whose grandfather started the "super Tuscan" Sassicaia, is setting the benchmark for Pinot Noir in South America. " 

 

Wine Spectator 
March 11, 2011
Today's Offer
 
Treinta Y Dos Pinot Noir  2011
 
Price $125.00/bottle
VarietalPinot Noir
RegionPatagonia, Argentina
Format3 x 750 ml
AvailabilityOnly 5  Three Pack Cases
Ageability
Now - 2020+
CSPC
+686485

94 Points

"The oldest vines at Chacra produce - surprise, surprise - the most profound of the trio of Pinot Noirs, with more depth, concentration and complexity. This spends 24 months in French oak, but it's not obvious on the nose and palate. Sweet, nuanced and compelling with savoury, supple tannins, a herbal undertone and silky red fruits. One of South America's best Pinot Noirs."

 

Argentina 2014 Special Report 

About Bodega Chacra

 

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 unbelievably 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. The wines are bottled without fining or filtration after maturation. The amount of time in oak depends upon the individual cuvee. 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.

 

The 'Treinta y Dos' is sourced completely from a vineyard planted in 1932.This is a very special wine produced from remarkable old vine material from a completely unspoiled and remote corner of the globe. The wine uncannily juxtaposes subtly with kaleidoscopic aromatics and like great burgundy manages to deliver intense richness of fruit while seeming weightless on the palate. Rare,intriguing and very, very special.  


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