Lunita comes from a single vineyard of the same name that also supplies grapes for Chacra’s Mainqué Chardonnay. Slightly more tannic than the bodega’s other Pinots, it only uses grapes from silt soils. Plum, bramble and wild strawberry flavours combine on the palate here with extra grip from ageing in concrete, notes of mint, fennel and subtle reduction and a pithy, energetic finish.

From a two-hectare parcel established in 1945 on silty soils, the 2024 Lunita was vinified exclusively in epoxied 1,500-liter cement vats, making it the only Chacra Pinot Noir that sees no influence from wood. It opens with a floral and focused bouquet energized by citrus rind and black cherry aromas, introducing a dense yet lifted, measured and succulent palate. It concludes with a deep, elegantly dense finish with more substance but less dimension and complexity than the other vineyard-designate bottlings in the Chacra lineup. (ML)