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2021 Rothschild & Concha Y Toro, Almaviva, Maipo Valley
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2021 Rothschild & Concha Y Toro, Almaviva, Maipo Valley
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Why We're Buying
It wouldn’t be hyperbole to call Almaviva the most important label in Chilean wine history. Here’s why. In 1997, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild and Eduardo Guilisasti Tagle of Viña Concha y Toro S.A. formed a partnership. The goal: to create the best Franco-Chilean wine possible. A year later, Almaviva was unveiled. Critics immediately adored the generosity and power of this Bordeaux-style red blend. Almaviva’s reputation only grew with time. In 2015, the estate hit paydirt. Wine critic James Suckling anointed it with a perfect score – one of the first ever for a South American wine. Today, Almaviva remains one of the most important and sought-after Chilean wines. The Final Sip: The road to diversifying with Chilean wine starts with Almaviva.
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2021 was an overall cooler year than 2020, with more elegant wines with more finesse and less angular tannins. The sleek 2021 Almaviva is a good example of that, still very young and still marked by the élevage in oak after spending 20 months in French oak barrels, 71% of them new and the rest only second use. The final blend was 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Carmenere (from Peumo), 5% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, a variety that might gain in percentage, as they have even planted some more with the idea to possibly replace Merlot in the medium or long term. It's not a shy wine, hitting the scale at 15% alcohol and with mellow acidity, 4.65 grams (tartaric) and a pH of 3.81 The fruit is dark, ripe and spicy, nothing green about it; it's a little shy, less expressive than the warmer years are early on and a little more discreet but with potential to develop in bottle. The tannins are still present, and it should benefit from some more time in bottle. The 2019 had more volume than the 2018, and the 2020 is closer to the 2019 than the 2018. 200,000 bottles produced. It was bottled between late January and early February 2023. I tasted it next to the 2020 and 2018, and it's closer to the latter; but this 2021 is more elegant, and 2018 is a little more austere and herbal.