Have a couple bottles so I wanted to check in based on some recent reviews saying it’s drinking well. This is wine so there’s no ‘right/wrong’…but i disagree that it’s ready to go. Deep, primary, black cherry fruit and significant tannin. Not undrinkable, but for my tastes, nowhere near its peak. As expected it improved with air but I won’t touch my other bottle for (ideally) 5+ years.
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So, I had this wine back in 2018 thought it was incredible, bought a couple of bottles tasted both back in 2021 and felt the wine was very unbalanced, still not convinced of the long age potential of Almaviva. YMMV
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This might help…
2003 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva - Chile, Maipo Valley, Puente Alto (8/24/2024)
Been 14 years since I last had a bottle of this…found a leaker so we go! Still gorgeous! Fruit has reddened up a bit taking on more cherry and wild raspberries, than the purple ooozberry darkness 14 yrs ago…super plush and silky smooth with fine tannins that still hold a little white pepper spice kick…full mid with a sour tart snap and that spice…VERY exotic tasting with that woods smoke, sweet tobacco, licorice and tar…some pretties of white flowers and cherry blossoms…leather and pencil…finish does dry out a bit but that is a little nit picking. Last bottle was moving to more Rhone-ish…this one is going back to Bordeaux! Awesome! (95 points)
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