Almaviva (3 Liter Bottle) 2009
-
Spectator
Wine
Product Details
Your Rating
Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Deep, intense, ruby red color with purple tones. The nose is pure, well focused and elegant. Complex and layered, it reveals fresh and delicate aromas of cassis, black berries and violet, associated to fine notes of vanilla, cacao, licorice, and spices. The wine is filling the mouth with smooth, well refined and juicy tannins, underlining the plenitude of the ripe fruit. The texture is incredibly round and silky, and the finish is long and fleshy. A superb wine, precise in its character, accessible and remarkably balanced.
Blend: 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Carmenere, 4%Cabernet Franc, and 1% Merlot.
Professional Ratings
-
Wine Spectator
Classically built, with a compact and fine-tuned frame giving way to rich cassis, black cherry reduction, fig paste, spice box and licorice notes woven with fine tannins, juicy acidity and a firm, minerally spine. The finish reverberates the focused flavors, but should expand with mid-term cellaring. Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Drink now through 2020.
Other Vintages
2020-
Parker
Robert -
Spectator
Wine
-
Suckling
James -
Parker
Robert -
Spirits
Wine &
-
Suckling
James -
Parker
Robert -
Wong
Wilfred - Decanter
-
Panel
Tasting -
Spectator
Wine -
Spirits
Wine &
-
Suckling
James -
Wong
Wilfred - Decanter
-
Panel
Tasting -
Parker
Robert -
Enthusiast
Wine -
Spectator
Wine
-
Suckling
James -
Parker
Robert -
Spectator
Wine
-
Suckling
James -
Wong
Wilfred - Decanter
-
Spectator
Wine -
Parker
Robert
-
Suckling
James -
Parker
Robert -
Spectator
Wine
-
Suckling
James -
Parker
Robert -
Spectator
Wine
-
Suckling
James -
Parker
Robert -
Enthusiast
Wine -
Spectator
Wine
-
Suckling
James -
Wong
Wilfred -
Enthusiast
Wine -
Parker
Robert -
Spectator
Wine
-
Suckling
James -
Spectator
Wine -
Parker
Robert
-
Spectator
Wine
-
Parker
Robert -
Spectator
Wine -
Enthusiast
Wine
-
Spectator
Wine -
Parker
Robert
-
Spectator
Wine -
Parker
Robert -
Spirits
Wine & -
Suckling
James
-
Spectator
Wine -
Parker
Robert
-
Parker
Robert -
Spectator
Wine -
Enthusiast
Wine
-
Spectator
Wine -
Parker
Robert
-
Enthusiast
Wine -
Spectator
Wine
-
Spirits
Wine & -
Spectator
Wine -
Enthusiast
Wine -
Parker
Robert
-
Parker
Robert -
Enthusiast
Wine
-
Parker
Robert -
Suckling
James
Almaviva is the name of both winery and wine born of the joint venture between Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Viña Concha y Toro. It is also that of Pierre de Beaumarchais' character, the "Count of Almaviva" in his Marriage of Figaro, a work Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart later turned into one of the most popular operas ever. The classical epithet, laid out in Pierre de Beaumarchais' fair hand, shares the label with insignia of pre-hispanic roots symbolizing a union of European and American cultures that at every level has created successive bonds over centuries that have evolved a unique identity. The recent synthesis of French tradition and American soil has delivered an exceptional wine embodying the best of both worlds, a Primer Orden that really shines.