2022 Cincuento y Cinco '55' Pinot Noir

Tasting notes:

There is a quiet confidence to this wine; nothing forced, nothing overplayed. The nose unfolds gradually with crushed cherries, wild strawberries, rose petals and a faint earthy savouriness that recalls damp stones after rain.The palate is wonderfully poised translucent yet deeply expressive with fine, chalky tannins and a bright line of acidity carrying the fruit effortlessly. A Pinot Noir of finesse rather than weight, capturing both the luminosity and tension of Río Negro with striking clarity.

Producer description:

Piero Incisa della Rocchetta is the grandson of the founder of Tenuta San Guido, the producer of Sassicaia, and Chacra is his personal project in northern Patagonia. The estate is in the Rio Negro valley about half way between the Atlantic and the Andes, and consists of alluvial beds left by the ancient glacier and by the river. There is quite a history for Pinot Noir in this region, and in 1964 there were still about 2400 hectares of planted vineyard, but then there was a sharp drop-off and by 1990 only 232 hectares remained. In 2003 Piero Incisa purchased the first of the Chacra vineyards, an abandoned plot planted in 1932, having tasted a Pinot from the area in New York and realising that the area had potential. Since then there has been something of a resurgence in enthusiasm for Pinot, and by 2009 the total Pinot Noir in the Rio Negro was back up to 1681 hectares.