Wine Chacra, "Cincuenta y Cinco", 2016
Reviews of purchase Chacra, "Cincuenta y Cinco", 2016
Tasting Notes
Noble wine-red ruby color.
This strict wine with a well defined structure and delicate tannins has an amazing balance of acidity. In a harmonious aftertaste present nuances of leather and oak.
Elegant, sensual bouquet is filled with aromas of ripe strawberries and cherries, they perfectly complement the tone of underbrush, wild herbs and violets combined with intriguing notes of spices.
Wine perfectly accentuate the taste of dishes from red or white meat. It blends perfectly with grilled vegetables, appetizers, pasta and risotto.
Interesting Facts
Pinot Noir wine production "Sinkuenta and Cinco" is hand-assembled exclusively in the morning. The clusters are placed in small boxes that can accommodate up to 9 kg of grapes each. This is a more time consuming process than gathering in large containers, but it allows the berries, is at the bottom remain intact. Cooling of the grapes on the way to the winery allows to keep it fresh and useful properties. Grapes arrived at the winery is further cooled in cement vats. The wort is fermented for a week in the large 200-liter barrels. Then the wine is drained by gravity in French oak barrels of superior quality, of which approximately 50% - 50% and new - annuals. Here goes malolactic fermentation of wine for two months and the subsequent 11-month exposure. In the bottle the wine is bottled unfiltered. Storage capacity "Sinkuenta and Cinco" is 10 years.
Marquis Piero della Rocchetta Incisa - one of the most famous Italian wine makers, members of the clan della Rocchetta Inchisa grandson Marchese Mario Incisa della Roquette and nephew Nicolo Incisa della Roquette. His ancestors were engaged in wine in the XVII century, and his grandfather created the great Sassicaia. Piero decided to prove that something is capable of without the help of family. Rejecting the brilliant financial career, he became involved with wine. Bodega Chakra (Bodega Chacra) appeared in 2004, when Piero bought an abandoned vineyard with 1932 vines of Pinot Noir, located in the valley of the Rio Negro, in northern Patagonia. Terroir Chacra, towering 250 meters above sea level, on a combination of climate and calcareous soil is ideal for growing Pinot Noir. By the vineyard in 1932 and its own newly planted vineyards were added in 1955 and 1967. Incisa produces a separate wine with each of them.