Description

On a là un des meilleurs rouges chiliens, résultat de la collaboration franco-chilienne entre la baronne Philippine de Rothschild et Eduardo Guilisasti (Viña Concha y Toro).

Il

est élaboré à partir d'un coupage de cépages bordelais classiques cultivés à Puente Alto, au sud de Santiago. Il bénéficie d'un élevage de 20 mois, qui lui confère des tanins soyeux et un caractère frais et élégant

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Almaviva
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2021
Alcool
15.0% vol.
Sous-zone
Pont haut
Cépage
71% Cabernet sauvignon, 22% Carmenere, 5% Cabernet franc, 2% Petit verdot
Autres formats disponibles:
Origine
Valle del Maipo

Dégustation

Vue
Couleur rubis foncé.
Nez
Des arômes délicats et purs de mûres, de groseilles et de violette, qui se mélangent à des notes de réglisse
Bouche
Attaque juteuse en bouche, avec des notes de fruits mûrs (framboise, cassis). Bien équilibré par une structure délicate et une texture nette de tanins souples et polis
Température de service
On recommande de le servir à 16 °C.
Garde
Jusqu'en 2035 si tu le gardes bien.

Vignoble et élaboration

Elevage
Rouge crianza de 20 mois en fûts de chêne français neufs.

L'avis des experts

James Suckling:

A fresh and discreet Almaviva with subtle pencil shavings and cigar box to the cassis and hints of chili chocolate and peppermint. Nuanced and subtle on the nose. This is medium-bodied and subtle on the palate with silky tannins in the seamless finish. Very long. 71% cabernet sauvignon, 22% carmenere, 5% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot. Drinkable now, but it will take its time to deliver complexity.

The 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.