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Bodega Chacra

Bodega Chacra is Piero Incisa della Rochetta's personal project in Rio Negro, Argentina (Patagonia). It mainly produces Pinot Noir, made by the highly-regarded winemaker Hans Vinding Diers. In 2004 Piero Incisa purchased the first of the Chacra vineyards, an abandoned plot planted in 1932. This single vineyard of gnarled Pinot Noir vines, planted on their own rootstocks, is head trained and produces tiny bunches of small, concentrated berries. Two more sites soon followed, one vineyard planted with Pinot Noir in 1955 and another in 1967. A fourth vineyard was then planted on the site of the original 1932 vineyard, using only rootstocks taken from both the 1932 and 1955 plots. This last vineyard is the basis for the 'Barda' wine, together with deselected grapes and wines from the single vineyard plots. The gravels and coarse alluvial pebbles, with a significant limestone content in the soils, together with a fresh, dry climate and great luminosity, allow for the minimum treatment in the vineyard and allowing for biodynamic practices to be followed, which combined with a green harvest in January yields are kept very low. Harvested manually, the wines are fermented naturally in large round cement vats (Piero calls them his 'Bentleys') with the minimum of intervention before being put into Burgundian oak barrels of which about twenty percent are new. Malolactic fermentation takes place naturally in barrel over the course of the following six months, and the wines are then left undisturbed on their lees before being bottled without any fining or filtration.



Other reviews and comments
Chacra represents the boutique of the boutique, turning out handcrafted, delicately styled Pinot Noirs that are worth the effort to find. James Molesworth, The Wine Spectator
Bodega Chacra, for its part, creates a Pinot Noir like no other in my experience. “ The oldest vines date to 1932 and next oldest from 1955. Matt Kramer, The Wine Specator
Hands down, this is the finest Pinot Noir from South America that I’ve ever tasted, and that includes Chile, Argentina and anyplace else. Italy’s Piero Incisa della Rocchetta of Sassicaia fame started this project in 2004, and it’s now finding a groove. This wine is as elegant as Burgundy but as full of flavor as something from California. The color is rosy, the aromas beguiling, and the meeting of oak and fruit just perfect. Michael Schachner, Wine Enthusiast Magazine
2008 MAINQUÉ Merlot Bodega Chacra
2008 MAINQUÉ Merlot Bodega Chacra
Patagonia Argentina
Chacra's newest release is this beautifully crafted Merlot, named after the village of Mainqué where the Chacra vineyards are planted. These vines are planted alongside the 1955 Pinot Noir vineyard... (more info)
Bottle price £19.95 bottles
Case price £18.50
2010 CHACRA '55' PINOT NOIR Bodega Chacra
2010 CHACRA '55' PINOT NOIR Bodega Chacra
Patagonia Argentina
From Chacra's six hectare 1955 vineyard, vinified in whole bunches and given less than 20% new oak, this is so beautifully textured (in the same vein as Thibault Liger-Belair's wines) with rich berry... (more info)
Bottle price £44.95 bottles
Case price £39.50
2010 CHACRA '32' PINOT NOIR Bodega Chacra
Bottle price £58.50 bottles
Case price £52.75
2011 BARDA PINOT NOIR Bodega Chacra
2011 BARDA PINOT NOIR Bodega Chacra
Patagonia Argentina
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