Bodega Chacra Cincuenta y Cinco Pinot Noir 2022

Pierro Incisa della Rocchetta is the grandson of the family responsible for making Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia). Pierro is a dreamer, he always wanted to do his own thing independent of family ties. In 2004 Pierro heard about an abandoned Pinot vineyard in Patagonia, originally planted in 1932. And so, began what is now Bodega Chacra, generally recognised as the greatest Pinot Noir produced in South America. Over time another vineyard from 1955 was added along with more plantings. Vineyards are tended using organic and biodynamic practices. The old vines are planted on their own rootstocks, producing tiny bunches with incredibly concentrated flavours. Since 2017, Pierro has been working with famed burgundy wine-maker JM Roulot to produce chardonnay in Patagonia to great acclaim. Fruit is hand harvested, fermented in concrete, transferred by gravity and treated in the gentlest way possible without fining or filtration in order to produce wines with transparency.