New Arrivals
Advanced Search
wine regions
- Red Bordeaux
- Dry White Bordeaux
- Sweet White Bordeaux
- White Burgundy
- Red Burgundy
- Red Rhône
- White Rhône
- Rose
- Italy
- Champagne
- Loire Valley
- Spain & Portugal
- New Zealand
- Australia
- USA
- South America
- Rest of Europe
- Portugal
- Rest of World
- Vintage Port
- Dessert & Fortified Wines
- Spirits
quick links
Almaviva 2004
Rothschild/Concha y Toro
View All Vintages of this Wine
Units | Size | Case size | GBP Price: | Quantities | Buy |
---|
Tasting Notes | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
72% cabernet sauvignon and 28% carmenere) Ruby-red.Understated redcurrant and cherry aromas are complicated by smoky herbs, tobacco and minerals. Graceful red fruit flavors stain the palate, taking a bitter cherry turn on the firmly tannic but silky finish and leaving behind a strong impression of floral pastille. This is one suave, deep wine. Score: 93 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 March 2008 |
||||
The 2004 Almaviva is tyled similar to the 2005. The multi-faceted aromatics deliver vanilla, clove, floral notes, red and black currants, and a hint of chocolate. It is a bit more forward than the 2005 with excellent focus and delineation. Give this elegant yet concentrated wine 3-5 years in the cellar and drink it through 2030. Almaviva is a partnership of Bordeaux first-growth Chateau Mouton-Rothschild and Concha y Toro. Made in the style of top of the line Pauillac, the blend is typically 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22-23% Carmenere (a very close relative of Merlot), and 4-5% Cabernet Franc. It spends 18 months in new French oak and is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Score: 93 Jay Miller, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2010-2030 01 June 2007 |
||||
Offers nice alluring aromas of cocoa powder, cedar and currant preserve. This is admirably ripe for the vintage, with well-structured plum sauce, graphite, loam and spice flavors moving through the fine-grained finish. Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère. Drink now through 2013. 9,500 cases made. Score: 93 James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 May 2007 |