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Almaviva Proprietary Red Puente Alto 2015 - First Bottle

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100 James Suckling -
A glorious and complex nose of tobacco, blackberries and hints of stones and flowers. Hints of bitter chocolate. Full-bodied, very tight and compacted. Linear backbone gives this form and tension. It has the same character on the palate as well as cayenne and other spice. Loved the 2014 but this shows more fine-grained tannins. So balanced and harmonious. A blend of 69% cabernet sauvignon, 24% carmenere, 5% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot. Needs four or five years in bottle but a joy to taste now.

Technical Details

  • Blend69% cabernet sauvignon, 24% carmenere, 5% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot.
  • WinemakerMichel Friou
  • CountryChile
  • RegionMaipo Valley
  • AppellationAlto Puente
  • Oak18 months in 100% new French oak
  • Alcohol14.5%
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Almaviva Proprietary Red Puente Alto 2015

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$114.95 | 750mL
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Last year’s Wine of the Year and 100-pointer from Suckling, this baby just hit the warehouse. We busted out our Coravin and...


...BOOM! This is, as Suckling puts it...GLORIOUS! Or, as we saw from a recent taster on Cellartracker...”Voluptuous and haute couture in a glass”. YES indeed, and priced incredibly well for a 100-pointer...this might be one of the least expensive “perfect” red wines on the market!


Well, all that aside, this wine, which you might call the Opus One of Chile, is a partnership of Baron Philippe de Rothschild S.A., and Eduardo Guilisasti Tagle, Chairman of Viña Concha y Toro S.A., and is widely considered to be among Chile’s very finest wines since its first release in 1998. But back to the lusciousness...it IS sexy but it has a Bordeaux-like tightly wounded-ness that intrigues and inspires. Tons going on here, and obviously a great wine with several decades of life in it.


Where else can you put a Cabernet-based 100-pointer in your cellar for less?! *** Don’t forget: we have KILLER shipping rates for 1-5 bottles (free on 6 or more) and a lot of cool stuff to fill out a 6-pack if you want, say, 3 bottles of Almaviva but gotta have free shipping--- check those out HERE.


Only a few cases to go around!! While it lasts…!

About the Producer

In 1997, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA, and Eduardo Guilisasti Tagle, Chairman of Viña Concha y Toro S.A., sealed a partnership agreement with a view to create an exceptional Franco-Chilean wine called Almaviva.


Produced under the joint technical supervision of both partners, the first vintage achieved immediate international success upon its launch in 1998.


The name Almaviva, though it has an Hispanic sonority, belongs to classical French literature: Count Almaviva is the hero of The Marriage of Figaro, the famous play by Beaumarchais (1732-1799), later turned into an opera by the genius of Mozart.