Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Concha y Toro joined efforts to produce this extraordinary Bordeaux-style red blend using the best vineyards of the Maipo Valley. Debuted in 1996, Viña Almaviva has reshaped the definition of investment-worthy wine. In 2020, wine critic James Suckling hailed it as the “Wine of the Decade,” beating out more than 100,000 other entries for the title.

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It wouldn’t be hyperbole to call Almaviva the most important label in Chilean wine history. Here’s why. In 1997, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild and Eduardo Guilisasti Tagle of Viña Concha y Toro S.A. formed a partnership. The goal: to create the best Franco-Chilean wine possible. A year later, Almaviva was unveiled.

Critics immediately adored the generosity and power of this Bordeaux-style red blend. Almaviva’s reputation only grew with time. In 2015, the estate hit paydirt. Wine critic James Suckling anointed it with a perfect score – one of the first ever for a South American wine. Today, Almaviva remains one of the most important and sought-after Chilean wines.

The Final Sip: The road to diversifying with Chilean wine starts with Almaviva.

Errazuriz Viñedo Chadwick is a groundbreaking wine. The 2014 vintage became the first Chilean wine to earn a perfect score, helping put the estate on the map. Wine James Suckling wrote, "Perhaps a sign of Chile truly coming of age is the 100-point rating in this report of the pure Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 Viñedo Chadwick. This is a wine that defines the greatness of Chile with a purity, structure and finesse that competes with the best reds of the world."

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Viña Lapostolle, formerly Casa Lapostolle, took Chilean wine to stratospheric heights with Clos Apalta. In fact, it's the first and only wine from South America to rank number one on Wine Spectator's Top 100 list.

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Clos Apalta marks the apex of Franco-Chilean winemaking collaboration. In 1994, Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle and Cyril de Bournet first set foot in Chile’s Colchagua Valley. They soon purchased vineyards after realizing the region’s potential for producing world-class wine. The duo brought generations of French winemaking heritage to the region and, three years later, debuted the first vintage of Clos Apalta.

The Bordeaux-style red wine has a distinctive personality rich with ripe fruit and spiced intensity. It prominently features carmenère with traces of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, and petit verdot. Between 2014 and 2017, Clos Apalta received three 100-point ratings from wine critic James Suckling, who called it “a monumental wine for Chile.”

The Final Sip: Any collection of Chile’s finest wines is incomplete without Clos Apalta.

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