A complex and elegant wine blending Chilean vineyard character with Bordeaux winemaking, featuring ripe black fruit, tapenade, pepper, and fine tannins.
Producer
Region
Maipo Valley
Country
Chile
Varietal Composition
68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Carmenere, 6% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
Specifications
2020
Vintage
2036
Drink By
15
%
ABV
Vinification
Hand harvested and manually optically sorted grapes were pressed in small vertical presses, before fermenting and aging for 20 months in French oak (73% new barrels, the rest second use)
Occasional wine note
Here is a collaboration between 2 great wine houses from France and Chile, respectively. It brings the soul of the Chilean vineyard landscape with the artful winemaking of Bordeaux. The result is complex and elegant, and importantly, delicious. Ripe black fruit surrounded by tapenade, pepper and baking spices, a bit of smoke, fine tannins and balanced acidity. Beautiful!
What experts say about this wine
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/
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Wine Advocate
2020 was exceptionally dry, with 75% less rain than usual in the period between May and September, which resulted in an earlier harvest to produce a 2020 Almaviva with 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Carmenere (from Peumo), 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, so with no Merlot this time. The process was as careful as possible, without using any pumps, doing manual and optical sorting of the grapes, pressing in small vertical presses and aging of 20 months in French oak barrels, 73% of them new and the rest second use. The wine reached good ripeness with 14.9% alcohol. It still shows the effect of the élevage a bit, with abundant notes of sweet spices, a creamy touch and some smoke. I tasted it next to the 2019, and the wines have a very similar aromatic palette with a clear note of baked peppers. What was amazing in 2020 was that they harvested the Carmenere almost five weeks earlier than they normally would, and the result is not a green wine at all.
95
/
100
Wine Spectator
Beguiling on the nose, this red offers layers of cardamom, chrysanthemum, balsam and loganberry. Offers a palate that's equally engaging and elegant yet powerful, with a silky smooth frame and concentrated blackberry and cassis flavors. Packs lively acidity that brings freshness and cohesion and extends the finish, where details of peppercorn and olive emerge around fine tannins, all while echoing back to the core flavors. Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
pairing recommendation
Red Meat
Black Pepper
Peppers
Mushroom
Hard Cheese
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