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Almaviva 2021

Red wine | Puente Alto, Maipo Valley

The (Franco-)Chilean elite!
This great red wine lives up to its reputation, with generous aromas of blackberries and blackcurrant, combined with delicate notes of graphite, violet, vanilla and dark chocolate. Its palate has fine, well-integrated tannins, which give the wine a voluptuous texture, perfectly supported by a pleasant freshness. A model of wholeness and harmony. The result of a collaboration between the de Rothschild family and Viña Concha y Toro, Almaviva expresses its Bordeaux conception, while remaining distinctly Chilean!

Product variants

CHF 149.00 (75cl)

CHF 149.00 (75cl) (75cl)

CHF 19.87/10cl

Chile Maipo Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
Carmenère
Cabernet Franc
Petit Verdot
10 - 15 years
15.00%

Awards and reviews from professionals

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James Suckling

A fresh and discreet Almaviva with subtle notes of pencil shavings and cigar Wooden box mingling with blackcurrant, accompanied by nuances of spiced chocolate and peppermint. Nuanced and subtle on the nose. On the palate, it is medium-bodied with silky tannins in a harmonious finish. Very long in the mouth. Composed of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Carmenère, 5% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Can be enjoyed now, but will take time to develop its complexity. -James Suckling
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Tim Atkin

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Almaviva 2021

CHF 149.00 (75cl)

CHF 149.00 (75cl) (75cl)

Colour

A beautiful dark ruby red, lively and attractive.

Nose

Pure and complex, with generous aromas of blackberries, ripe blackcurrant and wild berries, combined with mineral reminiscences and delicate notes of violet, ink, vanilla and dark chocolate.

Palate

Exceptional balance, lively, dense and endowed with a beautiful structure, roundness and spicy notes. Very ripe and well-integrated tannins give the wine a voluptuous texture, perfectly balanced by a pleasant acidity, displaying fullness, length and harmony.

Wine-growing terroir

La Viña Almaviva is located in Puente Alto in the highest part of the Maipo valley. Its soils, rocky and poor, are made up of silty clay. The subsoil consists of sand, gravel and rock. These alluvial soils allow good drainage and provide beautiful minerality, as well as a low pH level. The result is extraordinary quality, balance and elegance.

Winemaking

Manual harvest in small flat containers, manual sorting, destemming, gentle pressing, transport by gravity in stainless steel vinification vats. Cold maceration to extract color and aromas, alcoholic fermentation and final maceration. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation after transfer into new French oak barrels, followed by aging for 20 months. The skins and seeds are lightly pressed to extract the press wine added to the final blend.

Bottle closure

Cork

Packaging

Wooden box

Viña Almaviva

In 1997, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild and Don Alfonso Larraín, president of Concha y Toro, signed a partnership agreement to create a great Franco-Chilean wine that they called “Almaviva”. The estate includes a mansion, a bodega and a 50 hectare vineyard planted with three typically Bordeaux grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Carmenère. The name Almaviva was borrowed from classical French literature: Count Almaviva is the hero of Beaumarchais' famous play The Marriage of Figaro and also pays homage to the ancestral history of Chile with the reproduction of a drawing symbolic of the Mapuche civilization.

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