Bodega Chacra 2024 Pinot Noir Lunita

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"Unique aromas of beeswax, lilacs, honey and a hint of green strawberries. It’s medium-bodied and very solid, with ultra-fine tannins and a long, long finish. It shows drive and tension. Racy flavors of crushed stones and seashells, with a hint of salt at the end. Made in cement. No wood. Drink or hold." -James Suckling, 97JS

This may sound like a 1st world wine problem, but when your grandfather is Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, founder of Tenuta San Guido and Sassicaia, it's a high bar to match if one wants to make wine close to home. And that's the catalyst for the star of today's story, Piero Incisa della Rocchetta, and his quest to make world class wines without comparing them to one of the world's most famous bottles. But a chip off the old block brought a few tools of the family trade with him as he searched the world for an estate to call his own, namely a skill for sourcing old vine parcels, and an ode to his grandfather's early winemaking processes (biodynamic farming, no root grafting of vines, horse-drawn tills and no use of oak to age the wines).

But he didn't stop there. To create a world class production, he had 3 more tricks up his sleeve. The first was stumbling across a then 75-year old Pinot Noir vineyard in Patagonia of all places. Planted in 1932 (and the namesake of the Treinta y Dos bottling), the 1.3 hectare parcel was neglected but showed incredible promise as the flagship of his new estate. That planted the flag - "we'll make wines here", he thought, "in the Patagonian hinterland of Mainqué". Next, he needed help to farm these vineyards (after all, great wines are grown, not made), so he brought in Pedro Parra, world class consultant for Château Lafite in Bordeaux, Biondi Santi in Montalcino and Commando G in Spain, but also a Chilean longing to make something exceptional closer to home. Which all led to the last domino falling: Jean-Marc Roulot. One of Burgundy's greatest white wine producers also worked with Pedro, and over a dinner in Burgundy the three men drunkenly saw the potential of Chablis-like soil in Argentina, but with greater ripening potential. And with that, Bodega Chacra was born.

Vintage	2024
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Appellation	Patagonia
Vineyard	Rio Negro
Alcohol	12.50%
Volume	750 ml
Country of Origin	ARGENTINA
State of Origin	N/A
Sparkling Wine	No

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