Red

Cherry Balsamic Short Ribs & Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes.

Produced in Puente Alto, Maipo Valley, Chile, from vines planted on rocky alluvial, loamy clay soils with underlying sand, gravel, and rock, which provide drainage and minerality. The 2022 vintage was extremely dry, cooler early in the year compared to 2020‑2021 in some periods, leading to a more even ripening with freshness, tension and balance in the fruit.

The wine is aged 20 months in French oak barrels, about 70% new oak. After barrel ageing, further bottle ageing recommended for development.

Harvested by hand, manual sorting. The must is cooled, with extraction via maceration (skin contact) to extract colour and aromas. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine undergoes spontaneous malolactic fermentation (just before or after transfer), then is racked into French oak barrels (70% new) for aging. Light pressing of skins and seeds; addition of “press wine” from these lightly pressed skins/seeds in small proportion into the final blend.

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. The label meanwhile pays homage to Chile’s ancestral history with three reproductions of a stylized design which symbolizes the vision of the earth and the cosmos in the Mapuche civilization. The design appears on the kultrun a ritual drum used by the Mapuche. The label bears the name Almaviva in Beaumarchais’ own handwriting. Two great traditions thus join hands to offer the whole world a promise of pleasure and excellence. The Château concept was introduced in the XIX century in France as a way to honor creative mastery of winegrowers from Bordeaux. Almaviva was the first wine in Chile created under this French Château concept taking into account exceptional terroir one unique bodega and one technical team – the three of which are dedicated exclusively to the production of one wine of unparalleled quality and excellence.