2021 Bodega Chacra Chardonnay

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Incisive, chiselled Chardonnay from the icon producer of Patagonia.

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Bodega Chacra owner Piero started a partnership to produce Chardonnay with Meursault legend Jean-Marc Roulot after a chance conversation. Some underperforming old Merlot vines were grafted to Chardonnay and the first vintage was released 2017. More plantings have followed as the region seems very suited to Chardonnays, which are taut, linear and minerally in style.

This is simply a magnificent wine that we wished had more of. Tight, herbal, long, linear and very uplifting.

The nose has oatmeal, citrus, and wild herb aromatics, with some much going on. There is a dry austerity in the mouth, like a pebbly Chablis but this juxtaposed by a lovely, airy creaminess.

Only tiny amounts available of one of our favourite Chardonnays of the year.

Done in collaboration with Jean-Marc Roulot, is produced from 40 year old vines in mineral soils with alluvial stones covered in calcaire. The wine is intense and energetic, high pitched and lively, round and austere, refined and mineral. It has a dry mouthfeel and a saltiness natural to the area.


Aged: 20% in concrete eggs, 15% in stainless steel tanks and 20% in used French oak barrels for 10 months.

98 Points - "This has a complex yet refined nose of sliced apples, peach pits, smoked almonds, wet stones, chalk and white pepper. Hints of beeswax, juniper and cedar, too. It’s medium-bodied, elegant and light-footed, yet powerful, too. Creamy layers of stones and stone fruit slowly evolve to blanched almonds and nougat. Very long and precise. Try this from 2024. From biodynamically grown grapes." - James Suckling

96 Points - "Apple, white peach, a slight smokiness, almonds, a dusting of white pepper, fennel and green herbs. It’s flinty and tight, fine chalk dust texture, smooth and saline, a gentle creamy nougat glossiness, and the finish is very long with a flinty texture, and subtle bitterness. Discreet and fine, but with presence and so much character. It’s a beautiful wine. All just so." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Bodega Chacra

Bodega Chacra is located in the Rio Negro Valley of northern Patagonia, in the dead centre of Argentina.

Founded in 2003 by Piero Incisa della Rocchetta - the grandson of Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, creator of Sassacaia, one of the monuments of Italian wine. After trying a Patagonian Pinot at a tasting in NYC, Piero began searching for site in the Rio Negro region, a search that bore fruit in the Mainque area. He took over a site with ungrafted vines dating back to 1932, and the development of a world class winery too shape, with a focus on organic and biodynamic viticulture.

He brought legendary Meursault producer Jean-Marc Roulot on board to aid in the planting and vinification of Chardonnay - not a bad advisor! Piero's dedication to producing outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay was rewarded when Chacra Treinta y Dos Pinot 2018 was named Best Wine in the World by James Suckling.

Winemaker Piero Incisa Bodega Chacra

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