Vinedo Chadwick - Maipo Valley Chile 2021 (750ml)
Price: $385.00
| Producer | Vinedo Chadwick |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Maipo |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 6398 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 100 Points
The extremely deep nose is an endlessly fascinating tapestry of red and black berries with graphite savory and wet-earth notes. Super-concentrated refined and fragrant on the full-bodied palate everything fitting together so beautifully. Extremely long and refined finish. Drink or hold. 20th Anniversary Berlin Tasting Event February 2024.
Tim Atkin: 100 Points
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
The 2021 Viñedo Chadwick fermented in stainless steel and troncoconic concrete vats spent some 10 months in barrique and then part of the wine (some 20%) was sent to the Stockinger foudres. The nose is reminiscent of a super elegant and sleek Bordeaux pure and clean less balsamic than in previous years and less herbal. It's perfumed and floral precise fresh and elegant with very fine tannins and despite the grape it is more Pomerol than Graves with 14% alcohol on the label but without any heat at all. It's velvety and luxurious juicy and tasty with fine-grained chalky tannins and the elegant stoniness that the best Maipos are capable of. It has structure and power like the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove. This has to be the finest vintage for Chadwick; the wine made my heart beat faster?it's a wine of emotion. This is also my first 100-point wine from Chile! The final blend contains around 3% Petit Verdot from vines planted in 2005. There are some 10000 bottles of this and it was all bottled all at once on January 31 2023. The 2021 season at the Chadwick vineyard in Maipo was certainly cooler than any preceding years especially during the end of the season. Despite being a warmer zone than Seña (the sister property) it was pretty similar in 2021. They want to try to bottle a bit earlier and not show the wines just after bottling as this is now sold through La Place de Bordeaux. This 2021 is elegant and balanced a wine of emotion a coup de coeur that gets my first 100-point score for Chile. This is a golden goodbye for winemaker Francisco "Pancho" Baettig who after 20 years of dedication here leaves after the 2021 vintage to focus on his personal project but he will continue as an external consultant here. Bravo!! Published: Aug 31 2023
Vinous: 98 Points
The 2021 Viñedo Chadwick is a Cabernet Sauvignon with a dash of Petit Verdot (3%) from Puente Alto Maipo. It was aged for 22 months 80% in new French oak barrels and 20% in foudres. The mild summer in the area helped to sculpt the vivid nuanced aromatic profile: crystal clear blackcurrant notes with sour cherry and raspberry layers plus hints of pepper over a faint cigar box bed. Silky and dry in the mouth the finely tuned Maipo tannins and refreshing acidity from the cool year make for a long-lasting complex wine. A Bordeaux-inspired red that enjoyed the very Bordelaise weather in the region this year. - By Joaquín Hidalgo on March 2023
Decanter: 98 Points
The moderately cool 2021 growing season gave a long, even ripening that preserved the acidity and gives this wine elegance and finesse. This smells wonderful, full of chocolate, salted caramel, vanilla, fragrant blackcurrants, roses and raspberries - simply gorgeous. Crunchy and chewy, the best combination of being fully flavoured and densely textured with high, mouthwatering acidity that lifts the mouthfeel and creates such a joyful expression. Direct and focussed, this doesn't deviate too much from the centre of the palate, but it has energy and drive with a soft expansions of dried herbs, flowers and ripe berries. It's more the texture and the finish that leaves such an impression - you just want another sip straight away, with cool refreshing mint, tobacco and liquorice spice adding the nuance on the persistent finish. Utterly sublime. Ageing 22 months, 80% in new French oak barrels, 20% in foudres.
Tasted by: Georgina Hindle
The Wine Independent: 96 Points
The 2021 Vinedo Chadwick 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot is deep garnet-purple in color. It skips out of the glass with bright energetic scents of blackcurrant jelly redcurrant preserves and wild blueberries giving way to suggestions of pencil shavings lavender and wild thyme. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers intense black and red fruit layers with beautifully ripe fine-grained tannins and bold freshness finishing long and earthy. Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown Review date: 2023-08-21
dJane Anson: 96 Points
Maipo Alto was not as cool as Aconcagua in the 2021 growing season with temperatures closer to historical average with the exception of a cold February and this clearly falls into the balanced category. Crushed roses pencil lead cassis ink liquorice cocoa bean espresso infused with sculpted Maipo Cabernet signature. Has structure and depth with fine grained tannins adding support and expansion but not overpowering. Well-defined and precise and this lengthens out on the palate built to last and will evolve slowly. Winemaker Francisco Baettig. Ageing in 80% new French oak barrels plus 20% large oak casks. SCORE 96
