Vinedo Chadwick 2019 (750ML)

99 JS / 97 WA / 96 VM

#3 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Chile 2021
#75 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021

Subtle and very beautiful with currants, tarragon, basil and rose petals in the aromas. It’s full-bodied, yet agile and so fine-textured with superb tannins that provide multi-layers on the palate. It’s refined, yet powerful at the end. Suggests greatness and longevity. Lots of blackcurrants, stones and violets in the after taste. Cabernet sauvignon with a touch of petit verdot. This needs three or four years to show its true greatness. - James Suckling

The 2019 Viñedo Chadwick is a classical Cabernet Sauvignon from Puente Alto, one of the best zones within Maipo. It's from a moderately warm vintage that delivered a wine with only 13% alcohol and good freshness. It contains some 3% Petit Verdot. The vines were planted in 1992, and its gapes fermented in equal parts in stainless steel and concrete or troncoconic vats. Three-fourths of the wine matured in new barriques and the rest in Stockinger foudres for 22 months, including time for the malolactic fermentation. I was truly impressed by this vintage, especially because of its elegance and freshness. There are showy aromas reminiscent of tangerine and flowers, ripe red berries (rather than black) and a spicy twist from the oak but nothing herbal or balsamic that one could expect given the moderate ripeness. The grapes were picked very early, and the wine follows the path of the 2016, the coolest vintage so far, with juicy fruit, elegance and great tension. This feels exceptional and transcends the style of the year. 10,000 bottles produced. It was bottled the 25th of January 2021. - Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate

Viñedo Chadwick 2019 is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with a 3% dash of Petit Verdot from a vineyard planted in 1992 in the Puente Alto region. The wine was 75% aged in new oak and 25% in French foudres. The complex nose has well-defined Maipo character. The 2019 delivers pure aromas of blackcurrant, mint and pepper initially, followed by subtler notes of sweet and sour cherry and hints of hawthorn and jam over a delicate bed of cigar box. In the mouth, the polished Puente Alto tannins lend a measured volume while the freshness is precisely judged and almost juicy, lightening up the flow and stretching out the long, nuanced and elegant finish. - Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous Media