Almaviva是由Concha y Toro與法國波爾多Baron Philippe de Rothschild (一級酒莊Mouton Rothschild的業主)跨國合作之產品，可以說是波爾多先進的釀造技術與智利優異風土條件的結晶。使用波爾多紅品種混合，釀製出耐人尋味的雋永美味紅酒。酒名取自法國劇作家包瑪榭（Beaumarchais）的喜劇「費加洛婚禮」中的人物 - 阿瑪維瓦伯爵(Count of Almaviva)，也就是後來莫札特改編成著名歌劇的原始素材。Almaviva 的西班牙文原意是「活力的靈魂」，酒標上的圖騰則代表著古代智利人對宇宙與大地的看法。
Almaviva 的葡萄來自智利最好的Maipo產區的精華區Puente Alto，這裡的風土條件非常適合 Cabernet Sauvignon、Carmenère與Cabernet Franc 等波爾多品種的生長。1996是第一個問市的年份，短短十多年內已建立起世界性的聲譽，不僅成為智利最好的紅酒之一，也被視為世界級的頂尖美酒。事實上，隨著近年波爾多頂級酒的強勁漲勢，有部分法國波爾多血統的Almaviva紅酒連帶也行情看漲，又加上國際酒評家都給予最近幾個年份相當高的評價，所以它在全世界的葡萄市場上是供不應求的！
WA:94 Drink Date: 2023 - 2030
The current release of their second wine is the 2020 Epu. It's selected from the same terroir and vineyard in Puente Alto, one of the most reputed places for Cabernet Sauvignon in Chile, but from the younger vines (five- to 20-year-old vines) and harvested a little earlier to preserve acidity and fruit. In the warm and dry 2020 vintage, the wine was produced with a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Carmenere, 5% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, usually higher in Cabernet and lower in Carmenere than Almaviva. It has red ripe berries, the textbook blackberries and cassis and some creamy oak. It's ripe at 14.8% alcohol and has mellow acidity, good freshness and balance, with a pH of 3.71 and 4.8 grams of acidity (tartaric). It matured for 12 months in French barriques, 10% new and 90% second use. The wine has a bright nose with a clean note of baked "morrón" peppers intermixed with red berry compote. It has a velvety plate with the luxurious texture of the modern Bordeaux, with abundant, slightly dusty tannins. It's approachable and round but should reward some time in bottle. This is a pretty serious Epu. 75,000 bottles produced. It was bottled at the end of 2021 and the first days of 2022. This is the second vintage sold through the Place de Bordeaux négociant system.
