Bodega Chacra’s 2023 Treinta y Dos Pinot Noir is the estate’s flagship single-vineyard wine from Río Negro, Patagonia, drawn from its oldest block of own-rooted Pinot Noir planted in 1932. Founded in 2004 by Piero Incisa della Rocchetta (of the Sassicaia family), Chacra has built its reputation around old-vine Pinot grown in Patagonia’s cool, dry conditions, and this bottling is widely seen as the house’s most serious and age-worthy expression. The wine is 100% Pinot Noir and is reported at 12% ABV in one listing (some sources cite 12.5%).

In 2023, the critical reception is outstanding. James Suckling awards an excellent 99 points, highlighting a distinctly floral and mineral profile: “Violets, black cherries, raspberries, crushed stone and orange blossoms,” with additional earthy detail in “flower stems, dried sand and bark.” He describes a palate that’s both generous and precise, “medium- to full-bodied with layers of fine tannins that fill the mouth,” and notes a tactile firmness—“crunchiness and open chewiness”—before a finish he compares to citrus clarity: “like a freshly cut orange just at the right ripeness.” His conclusion is unambiguous: “Drink or hold.”

Decanter’s 96-point review is also an excellent endorsement and frames the wine’s character in structural terms. Despite coming from the oldest vines, Decanter says it’s “the ballerina of the portfolio – strong but elegant, uplifting yet poised.” The magazine emphasizes a savory, stony backbone—“a boney, chalky minerality”—with bright aromatics and fruit set over it: “heady notes of violets, crushed raspberries and tart cranberries.” Decanter finds “great depth,” but stresses how seamlessly it carries that weight, noting it “floats to its seemingly effortless finish.”

Taken together, the 2023 Treinta y Dos reads as a high-definition Pinot Noir: perfumed, mineral, and finely structured, with depth delivered in an understated, poised style rather than sheer mass.