Bodega Chacra’s “Lunita” Pinot Noir 2025 is a small, single-vineyard wine from Mainqué in the Río Negro Valley of Patagonia, made from ungrafted old vines on original rootstocks and farmed with certified organic and biodynamic methods. The project was founded in 2003 by Piero Incisa della Rocchetta, and Lunita is described by the winery as coming from a tiny 1.5-hectare parcel of revived, pre-phylloxera vines in an extreme, high-desert Patagonian climate.

In style, Lunita is positioned as a low-intervention expression of Pinot Noir. Producer notes emphasize dawn harvesting, an infusion-style approach to extraction, and fermentation in open cement tanks, with bottling “natural and unfiltered” to preserve character. The winery’s published élevage details are somewhat inconsistent—one account describes roughly 11 months split between neutral French oak and cement, while other materials emphasize cement—but the overall intent is clearly to avoid overt oak impact and foreground purity and site.

The 2025 vintage has already drawn an excellent review from James Suckling, who awarded it 97 points. Suckling highlights a notably polished texture, writing that “the creamy texture caresses your palate,” backed by “aromas and flavors of sliced strawberries and hints of cherries and flowers.” He also reports key technical details: the wine is “fermented and aged in cement vats. No wood,” and comes in at “11.5% alcohol,” a level that aligns with a fresh, restrained Patagonian profile rather than a richer, higher-octane Pinot style. His conclusion—“Drink or hold”—suggests immediate appeal with enough structure and balance to develop further.

Overall, Lunita 2025 reads as a focused, terroir-driven Patagonian Pinot Noir: red-fruited, floral, and textural, made with a deliberate bias toward transparency and finesse, and validated by top-tier critical praise.