Bodega Chacra Chardonnay Patagonia 2017 Grape:Chardonnay One or sometimes two punch-downs

One or sometimes two punch-downs per day for gentle extraction

The harvest started for us in the hills above Aix by mid-September (several weeks later than most in the lower elevation areas of Provence) and finished up late-October

there’s just a magic to what old vines can give in a glass

who’s making

Most of the wines were aged in new and second year French Oak for 12 months

Bodega Chacra Chardonnay Patagonia 2017 Grape:Chardonnay One or sometimes two punch-downsChacra Chardonnay comes from 40 year old vines in mineral soils with alluvial stones covered in calcaire. It was fermented in barrel with 100% malolactic, spending eleven months in mostly second and third use French oak barrels.