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95 Robert Parker
The 2016 harvest was complicated by rain in late April, which made them hurry up and finish two weeks earlier than normal. The year was also cooler, and the 2016 Almaviva, a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Carmenère, 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot has less alcohol at 13.9% compared to 15% in 2014. The élevage was shortened to 16 months, and they decreased the percentage of new French barrels used—down to 77% from the 82% in the previous year. The wine is fresher and less marked by the oak, a more fluid version, with fine tannins. This is a little different, a lighter and fresher year. It was a very dry winter, complicated by rains. I found very good harmony and fine tannins, balance and freshness in one of the most elegant vintages I remember from Almaviva. This has contained power, very accessible tannins and no green notes at all. It's young but accessible and should develop nicely in bottle, as it has the balance and freshness. This is an elegant and fresh vintage for Almaviva, young and tender, taking advantage of the natural conditions for it. Well done! 180,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2017.
95 Wine Spectator
Elegant, powerful and well-structured, with a refined mix of dark fruit, dried red fruit and spice flavors. Dried herbal notes emerge midpalate, with a minerally finish that is long and rich-tasting. Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2025.—Kim Marcus
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Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Concha Y Toro
La joint venture tra una delle più grandi cantine commerciali del Cile, Concha y Toro, e la famiglia più famosa di Bordeaux, Mouton-Rothschild, ha portato al superlativo progetto chiamato Almaviva. A partire dal 1997, l'obiettivo di questa collaborazione fu di produrre vini a base di Cabernet Sauvignon nella fertile Valle del Maipo, in Cile. Più precisamente, si producono vini in grado di competere con i migliori Grand Cru Classé di Bordeaux. Questo incredibile vino franco-cileno è ora prodotto da più di 85 ettari di vigneti, con 40 ettari dei migliori vigneti di Puente Alto di Concha y Toro. Il famoso enologo di Mouton e Opus One, Patrick Leon, supervisiona anche la produzione di Almaviva, creando vini complessi e potenti che ricordano i magnifici assemblaggi di Bordeaux.