Viñedo Chadwick: Producer profile & top wines
Patricio Tapia, South American wine expert and Decanter World Wine Awards judge, looks back at the creation of this Chilean wine and picks out his top 10 wines from a complete tasting of every vintage produced...
In the family home, in the Alto Maipo, there is a room specially reserved for all of Alfonso Chadwick’s sporting achievements: photos, trophies, medals; memorabilia from a life spent playing polo.
The fourth generation owner of Bodega Errázuriz, Alfonso bought this property in 1945, already planted with vineyards – the source of Fond de Cave, Chile’s most expensive red wine at the time.In 1968, the family sold part of the land to Concha y Toro, who today produce two of the most important Chilean Cabernet-based wines using parcels of fruit from their vineyards here; Don Melchor and Almaviva.
Patricio’s ten top Chadwick wines: