Bodega Chacra Barda Pinot Noir 2021
$64.99
Patagonia Pinot. Biodynamically grown and delicious.
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Description
Bodega Chacra is internationally recognized as the pinnacle of South American Pinot Noir. Plantings from 1932, 1955 and 2002 are bio-dynamically farmed in the Rio Negro Valley of Northern Patagonia half way between the Andes and the Atlantic Ocean. The valley itself is a glacial bed 15 miles wide and 300 miles long along the rive bank at an elevation of 300 metres.
Established by Piero Incisa della Rochetta (the grandson of the family from Tenuta San Guido of Bolgheri fame in Italia that makes Sassicaia) who discovered these abandoned vineyards in 2004 offer a new expression of Pinot Noir.
Vineyards are tended using organic and biodynamic principles.Mostly from ungrafted vines that are 25 years old, along with fruit from the 1955 and 1932 vineyard. The old vines are planted on their own rootstocks producing tiny bunches with incredibly concentrated flavours. Hand harvested, wild yeasts, 60% fermented in concrete, transferred by gravity and treated in the gentlest way possible, no fining and filtration in order to produce transparent wines.
About this wine: Mostly from ungrafted vines that are 25 years old, along with fruit from the 1955 and 1932 vineyard. 60% aged in concrete to keep fresh and crunchy. Gorgeous purity of red and black fruits and balance here.
93 points, James Suckling “Aromas of currants, blueberries, cherry blossom, brewed tea, seashells and seaweed. Medium-bodied with very sleek tannins. Savory and succulent with excellent freshness.”
93+ Points, Luis Gutierrez for Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate “The 2021 Barda has moderate ripeness and alcohol (12.5%) while retaining very good freshness. After fermenting with some 15% full clusters in concrete with indigenous yeasts, 60% of the volume matured in French oak barrels (10% of them new), usually the more structured lots, while the rest was kept in concrete (the lighter lots) to keep the freshness and crunchiness of Pinot Noir. It was conceived as an easy-to-drink wine from their younger vines, but it has more depth than just that and it’s quite versatile with food. 2021 was a cooler year, with frost in the winter that killed all the bugs, and they had a good crop (they usually get 35 to 50 hectoliters per hectare, maybe a little higher for Barda). It’s fresh, vertical and mineral with a saline twist that is more noticeable with lower alcohol. It’s the same genetic material as the rest, a massal selection planted ungrafted with some 20 years of age, and he sometimes gets declassified grapes or wines from the older vineyards (Cincuenta y Cinco and Treinta y Dos). This is the true second wine from Chacra. It has a pale and bright ruby color and a very clean and expressive nose, with some leafy notes, red fruit, hints of orange peel and a vibrant palate with purity of flavors, young and energetic. Piero Incisa told me this vintage reminds him of 2013; so, I looked up my description of that wine, and it is quite similar to this. Delicious and amazing value. A perfect introduction to Chacra.”
92 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front “Cherry, rhubarb, slightly floral, with a distinct oysters shell/briny thing happening, a dusting of cinnamon. Medium-bodied, raspberry, poached strawberry and cherry, saline, quite soft in the mouth with gentle stony tannin and quiet acidity, but does have a little sappiness and a finish of solid length, with a savoury and amaro aftertaste. It doesn’t have the cut and intensity of the more expensive Pinot Noir offerings from this producer, but it’s still a lovely thing to drink.”
RRP $70 Our Price $64.99
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Additional information
Producer | Bodega Chacra |
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Region or Country | Argentina, Patagonia |
Variety | Pinot Noir |
Vintage | 2021 |
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