Name: Vinedo Chadwick, Maipo Valley, Chile 2018
Brand: Mr D Showroom
Price: 282.99 USD
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2018

Bottle

750ml

Price Save $ 77.01

The first edition of this Viñedo Chadwick was the 1999, and it has been based on cabernet sauvignon with some petit verdot ever since. It comes from the alluvial soils in the Tocornal Vineyard, the same source of great Chilean wines such as Almaviva and Don Melchor. This wine has been changing since the 2014 vintage, shifting toward greater freshness, with less oak and less alcohol. The 2016 vintage was a kind of "coming out of the closet," a cold year that proved the perfect excuse to show this new face. This 2018 follows the same path—the delicacy of a wine focused on red fruits and the slight herbal touch of the Alto Maipo. But it doesn't stop there. Leave the wine in the glass for a few minutes, and you'll see how the area’s classic earthy notes emerge strongly, adding complexity. The palate is tense and illuminated by vibrant acidity, while the red fruit flavors take over everything. A wine that will last a decade in the bottle, perhaps longer.

99 Pts Patricio Tapia, Descorchados

The 2018 Viñedo Chadwick is a wine made during a perfect year in which a wet winter was followed by a mild spring and similarly mild harvest period. Considered one of the great vintages in Chile, the balance and intensity achieved in Puente Alto DO offers one of the best versions for the last 20 years: a combination of the ideal climate with gravel soils defined a perfect maturity for Cabernet Sauvignon. Viñedo Chadwick, with a 3% dash of Petit Verdot, was 80% aged in new French barrels and the rest in foudres for 22 months. It is garnet red with a purple sheen in the glass. It has a complex nose of herbs, blackcurrant, sour cherry and licorice over a bed of blackberry, cedar and orange petit fours. Broad but smooth, it develops good juiciness and depth with balanced flavor and tension while the richness and acidity combine harmoniously with the 13.5% alcohol.

98 Pts Vinous

The aromas show blackcurrant, pine-tree, violet and light spearmint character. Full-bodied, yet reserved and tight with fine, creamy tannins. Hints of currants and fresh herbs. Extremely long and layered.

98 Pts James Suckling

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