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Almaviva 2016

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A very fine and elegant Almaviva with fresh fruit and herb character. Medium-to-full body, tight and focused with very fine, linear tannins and a chocolate and light cedar undertone to the whole thing. Savory, too. Smoked meat and succulent. It’s tight but opens with air. Classicism here. 66% cabernet sauvignon, 24% carmenere, 8% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot. Jointly owned by Bordeaux’s Chateau Mouton-Rothschild and Chile’s Concha y Toro, Almaviva is an elegant Bordeaux-style red blend. Based on Cabernet Sauvignon, with 24 percent of the distinctive red grape Carmenere in the mix, the 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of this perennial top-scorer. The 150-acre Puente Alto estate lies just south of Chile’s capital of Santiago and is filled with gravels and clays washed down from the towering Andes, which rise to the east; the Carmenere is sourced from the famed Peumo vineyard in the Cachapoal Valley farther south. Winemaker Michel Friou aged the wine 16 months in new French oak.   James Suckling: 97Pts; Robert Parker: 95Pts; Wine Spectator: 95Pts No10 of Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2019

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90 Points and above, Almaviva, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Chile, Chilean wine, premium wine, Rare wine, Red wine, Wine Spectator Top 100, Wines rated above 90 Points,
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Full-bodied

Raspberry

Oaky

Chocolate

Leather

Weight:

750ml

Alcohol Level:

Size:

750ml

Brand:

Almaviva

Country:

Chile

Family:

Red wine

Grape Variety:

Vintage:

2016

Region Information:

Maipo Valley

In 1997, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild and Don Alfonso Larrain, Chairman of Concha y Toro, concluded a partnership agreement in order to create a fine Franco-Chilean wine called Almaviva. The Almaviva estate includes a mansion and a winery as well as a 50 hectare (124-acre) vineyard planted with three typical Bordeaux grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Carmenere. The wine is the result of the successful encounter of two cultures: Chile offers its soil, its climate and its vineyard, while France brings its winegrowing traditions and expertise.

The name Almaviva is taken from classic French literature: Count Almaviva is a central figure in the famous play The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais (1732-1799), turned into an opera by the genius of Mozart. The label bears the name “Almaviva” in Beaumarchais’ own hand and pays tribute to Chile’s ancestral history with three reproductions of a symbolic drawing from the Mapuche civilisation.

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