Almaviva: Tasting a New World ‘grand cru’

This latest release has 2% of Petit Verdot, adding a dash of dark pepper spice. It's a lovely wine, structured, intense but not tight, and...

A wine that offers great balance thanks to a growing season that avoided extremes, although there were low yields - particularly with the Cabernet Sauvignon....

A vintage where Cabernet Sauvignon dominates in terms of flavours, as Carmenère finds cooler years like 2013 a little tough. It's also a year where...

A big hitter vintage, and boy can you tell. I love how these differ, blowing away the idea that Chile doesn't see vintage effect. Wonderful...

Here are the markers of Maipo in a cooler vintage (90% of grapes were harvested in May) - still rich and exotic with gentle spice,...

Winemaker Michel Friou came on board at the end of the harvest. This stood out in a lineup in Chile last year, but is a...

Liquorice and olive notes abound, playing with ripe blueberries. A year with warm but not hot temperatures, giving a lovely balance. Charcoal and coffee beans...

A slow ripening year, with cool nights and a fairly wet summer that bounced back to give a lovely dry harvest and an excellent intensity...

Lots to enjoy here, with high aromatics from the off. Maipo was not so affected by the harvest rains as the rest of Chile and...

A vintage that was generally lauded in Chile, with small berries giving concentration. Dark chocolate and olive paste flavours give a rich, dense impression through...

A difficult vintage due to El Nino, with a lot of rain in winter and lower temperatures overall than normal. There is a spicy nose,...

First vintage for the Concha Y Toro / Mouton Rothschild joint venture. Wisps of smoke and tar are evident, but this has held up extremely...

This latest release has 2% of Petit Verdot, adding a dash of dark pepper spice. It's a lovely wine, structured, intense but not tight, and...

A wine that offers great balance thanks to a growing season that avoided extremes, although there were low yields - particularly with the Cabernet Sauvignon....

A vintage where Cabernet Sauvignon dominates in terms of flavours, as Carmenère finds cooler years like 2013 a little tough. It's also a year where...

A big hitter vintage, and boy can you tell. I love how these differ, blowing away the idea that Chile doesn't see vintage effect. Wonderful...

Here are the markers of Maipo in a cooler vintage (90% of grapes were harvested in May) - still rich and exotic with gentle spice,...

Winemaker Michel Friou came on board at the end of the harvest. This stood out in a lineup in Chile last year, but is a...

Liquorice and olive notes abound, playing with ripe blueberries. A year with warm but not hot temperatures, giving a lovely balance. Charcoal and coffee beans...

A slow ripening year, with cool nights and a fairly wet summer that bounced back to give a lovely dry harvest and an excellent intensity...

Lots to enjoy here, with high aromatics from the off. Maipo was not so affected by the harvest rains as the rest of Chile and...

A vintage that was generally lauded in Chile, with small berries giving concentration. Dark chocolate and olive paste flavours give a rich, dense impression through...

A difficult vintage due to El Nino, with a lot of rain in winter and lower temperatures overall than normal. There is a spicy nose,...

First vintage for the Concha Y Toro / Mouton Rothschild joint venture. Wisps of smoke and tar are evident, but this has held up extremely...