New Arrivals
Advanced Search
wine regions
quick links

Almaviva 2008

Rothschild/Concha y Toro

Excel download

View All Vintages of this Wine

Units Size Case size GBP Price: Quantities Buy
Tasting Notes

Broad and muscular, boasting lots of dark currant and fig paste notes laced with loam, licorice snap and espresso flavors. The dense, fleshy finish lets a hint of roasted sage smolder. Very solid for the vintage. Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2018.

Score: 92

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2011-2018 31 May 2011

In 1997, the forward-looking Baroness Philippine de Rothschild - of First Growth Chateau Mouton Rothschild - formed a partnership with Concha y Toro - their mission was to make a New World wine in the classic French tradition. Over the past decade this prodigious Franco-Chilean wine - Almaviva - has been made using classic French varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Carmenère (with characteristics similar to Merlot).. Almaviva is today a true joint venture, the much-feted collaboration between two giants of the wine world and indisputably one of Chile's finest wines. There is serious quality here. The long slow harvest with cooler nights has resulted in a very aromatic and expressive wine. From low-yielding vines, the 2008 is characterised by good concentration of pure black fruit, great minerality and crisp acidity. The ripe and refined tannins contribute to a density that wonderfully balances the different flavours with an impressively long finish. The 2008 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon 66%, Carmenère 26%, Cabernet Franc 8%.

Score: -

Albany Vintners, - 01 September 2010