Description
This wine will be remembered as another exceptional vintage.
Heralded for its unique balance, fruit purity and profundity, a ‘game-changing’ wine for Chile as it recorded a slew of scores in the high 90s and the country’s first, perfect 100-point rating.
Initial apprehensions about a chilly spring were put to rest in October as temperatures steadily rose, resulting in a flourishing flowering and fruit development. The year’s total heat accumulation ended up below its usual average due to a warm, dry January and cooler weather from February to April. The grapes ripened beautifully and uniformly, reaching their ideal level of maturity.
Vinedo Chadwick Winemaker Francisco Baettig pointed out: ‘our lower yields, dry conditions and constant quest for elegance, freshness and purity resulted in an earlier harvest. We started picking the Cabernet Sauvignon on March 20, with some lots picked up to fifteen days earlier than usual. This has enabled us to capture the wonderful acidity, fine-grained tannins and vivid fruit that characterizes the 2014 Viñedo Chadwick.’
“This brilliant Maipo Cabernet comes from a vineyard in Puente Alto, planted in 1999 … It’s a wonderfully subtle, nuanced, textured wine with floral almost Lafite-like grace and poise” – 98 Points: Tim Atkin MW
“This is a wine that simultaneously defines elegance and power … Complex aromas of blueberry, black currant and black licorice. Full-body yet refined and beautiful with stunning length and complexity. It has a transparency that shows such greatness and beauty. Has an energy and brightness” – 100 Points: James Suckling
Just 400 cases were produced – half the usual production – and we are lucky to have this one available.
Origin: Maipo, Chile
Blend: Merlot
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