LUNITA, CHACRA
ORIGIN: Argentina, Patagonia
VARIETY/BLEND: 100% PINOT NOIR
SOILS: Sand pebbles, and clay
FERMENTATION: Lunita’s grapes are picked early in the morning and are fermented in an open cement tank in whole clusters. The wine is not extracted nor concentrated as we ferment it by infusions. 50% of the elevage is done in used oak barrels.
AGEING: 11 month in concrete tanks for 100%
WINE DESCRIPTION
Lunita is made from a very old, un-grafted, tiny vineyard of 1.5 hectares that the producer nourished back to life over the course of the last 13 years. The vineyard sits on the middle part of our valley and has an equal amount of calcarious material, sand pebbles, and clay.
ABOUT PRODUCER
Chacra was created by Piero Incisa della Rocchetta in 2004 with the intention of finding the most unobstructed expression of the climate, micro-climate, and terrior of Mainqué in the Río Negro region of Patagonia. Respecting the environment by following biodynamic and organic principles, Piero strives to make wines that are transparent, pure, delicate, and floral with a strong minerality.
