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| Type of Wine | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Puente Alto |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Grape | , , , , |
| Content (Alc) | Standard (0.75 ltr) (14%) |
| Drink window | 2022 - 2036 |
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There is no such thing as a perfect wine, or is it… This true Rothschild icon consistently receives high ratings from the international wine press, across all vintages. Almaviva proves that perfection exists.
"Far more satisfying than plenty of Bordeaux " writes Jancis Robinson about this cult project of the (Mouton) Rothschild family and the iconic Concha y Toro.
The grapes for Almaviva are picked by hand in the Puente Alto vineyard to be transported to the winery in small crates. After de-stemming, the selection takes place, using both a laser and the human eye, so that only the best grapes remain. These are gently crushed and only go through gravity into the stainless steel vats for fermentation. In total, the Almaviva – named after the hero from the play Le Marriage de Figaro – will remain in new French oak for sixteen to eighteen months.
The result is not to be missed. Open, fragrant, deep purple almost sweet fruit, violets, flowers, vanilla, chocolate, complexity and sophistication. Typical Chilean eucalyptus. Velvety soft in the mouth but with a backbone. Tannins like soft cocoa powder. Ripe sultry fruit envelops your taste buds, soft and creamy with bay leaf, chocolate, tobacco and licorice. Complex and delicious.
95+/100 Parker & 97/100 Suckling
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Puente Alto |
| Icons | Icon South America |
| Winery | Almaviva |
| Grape | Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Petit Verdot, Syrah-Shiraz |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Drinking as of | 2022 |
| Drinking till | 2036 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | Standard (0.75 ltr) |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 96 |
| James Suckling rating | 97 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Open haard |
| Sommy Pairing Beschrijving | Volle, geconcentreerde smaken van zwarte bes, pruim en donkere chocola met bloemige tonen van viooltje en lavendel, een balsamische, licht kruidige ondertoon door Carmenère, stevige maar zijdezachte tannines en verfijnde vanille- en cederhoutinvloeden van nieuw Frans eiken. Door die combinatie van rijp fruit, frisse kruiden en stevige structuur staat hij prachtig naast robuuste gerechten zoals gegrild of gebakken rundvlees, geroosterd lamsvlees, wild met krachtige sauzen en gerijpte kazen; de tannines snijden door vet en eiwit terwijl de kruiden- en eiktonen aansluiten bij rozemarijn, jeneverbessen en donkere sauzen, waarbij gegrild of langzaam geroosterd vlees met een kruidige jus of een reduction extra goed werkt. |
Rating
95+
Release Price
$150
Drink Date
2021 - 2030
Reviewed by
Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date
31st Aug 2021
Source
Issue 256 End of August 2021, The Wine Advocate
The 2019 Almaviva is a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Carmenère (from Peumo), 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot and 1% Merlot, higher in Carmenere and reflecting a warmer and drier vintage when then bottled wine reached 15% alcohol. It fermented with destemmed grapes in stainless steel and matured in French oak barrels, 75% of them new, for 18 months. Here, the Carmenere adds herbal freshness and changes the aromatic profile when compared with the 2019 Epu. 2019 was a good year for Carmenere, which suffers in extremely warm years like 2017, but in moderately warm years like 2019, the variety displays that herbal character and has good density. It's full-bodied and round, with saturated tannins, tasty, spicy and long, with a dry, serious finish. It's balsamic, with notes of camphor and a silky and velvety texture. 200,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2021.
I spoke to winemaker Michel Friou who told me about the driest year in 2000 and a very good year but perhaps with some challenges for some places as they had a lot of rain in late January. I tasted 2019 (and the 2018 vintage, a great and homogeneous year, of the second wine that will be sold through Bordeaux for the first time in September 2021), a year that is more heterogeneous, but in some places it could be even better than 2018. At Almaviva, the behavior of temperatures was above the average and it was an early harvest. But the difference in Puente Alto was the winter, 300 liters of rain in 2018, but with 150 in 2019 (between May and October), but in the end he told me the wine from 2019 could be compared with the one from 2018. In a drier year, they irrigate a little more and end up having less stress in the vines.
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The name Almaviva, although it has a Spanish sonority, belongs to classic French literature: Count Almaviva is the hero of The Marriage of Figaro, the famous play by Beaumarchais (1732-1799), later turned into an opera by Mozart's genius . The label, meanwhile, pays homage to Chile's ancestral history, with 3 reproductions of a stylized design, symbolizing the vision of the earth and cosmos in the Mapuche civilization. The label bears the name Almaviva in Beaumarchais' own handwriting. Two great traditions thus join forces.
The Château concept was introduced to France in the 19th century as a way of honoring the creative mastery of Bordeaux winegrowers. Almaviva was the first wine in Chile to be created according to this French Château concept, taking into account an exceptional terroir, a unique bodega and a technical team dedicated exclusively to the production of wines of unparalleled quality and excellence.
Volle, geconcentreerde smaken van zwarte bes, pruim en donkere chocola met bloemige tonen van viooltje en lavendel, een balsamische, licht kruidige ondertoon door Carmenère, stevige maar zijdezachte tannines en verfijnde vanille- en cederhoutinvloeden van nieuw Frans eiken. Door die combinatie van rijp fruit, frisse kruiden en stevige structuur staat hij prachtig naast robuuste gerechten zoals gegrild of gebakken rundvlees, geroosterd lamsvlees, wild met krachtige sauzen en gerijpte kazen; de tannines snijden door vet en eiwit terwijl de kruiden- en eiktonen aansluiten bij rozemarijn, jeneverbessen en donkere sauzen, waarbij gegrild of langzaam geroosterd vlees met een kruidige jus of een reduction extra goed werkt.
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