Bodega Chacra - Pinot Noir Sin Azufre 2018 (750ml)
Price: $33.00
| Producer | Bodega Chacra |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Patagonia |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1632029 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
There was great precision and purity in the 2018 Sin Azufre the no-sulfur-added cuvée. This is the wine they do with intuition rather than science. They pick the grapes a little earlier to have better natural acidity. They do not do pump overs or push downs; it's a natural full-cluster fermentation at lowish temperature (20 degrees Celsius) to capture all the aromatics the fermentation tends to be slow and malo happened in the 3500-liter oak vats. Sixty-five percent of the wine was in used barrels and the rest in small (1500-liter) concrete and was never racked. There is a beautiful note of rose petals here with more complexity and depth than the Barda. It's clean and elegant. You'd never say this is a wine with no sulfur added. It's incredibly hard work to do it but it's possible. I was very reluctant when he showed me the first trials for this wine but I'm now a convert. This is only 12.5% alcohol light and ethereal but with lots of energy. Some 9000 bottles were filled in December 2018.
