Wine Almaviva 2006, 375 ml

"Almaviva" - an excellent wine with a bright individual character and showing exceptional elegance with sufficient power of taste! Wine Almaviva - is one of the most successful examples of a meeting of cultures of France and Chile, Chile offers its own unique soil and climatic conditions for growing grapes, and France brings to the process of creating a long tradition of winemaking.

In 1997 Baroness Philippine de Rothschild and Eduardo Guilisasti Tagle, at the time chairman of the concern Vina Concha y Toro, signed an agreement on joint activity between Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA and concern Vina Concha y Toro. Wine produced in one of the best vineyards of Chile, created under the joint technical supervision of both partners. Name "Almaviva", despite the Spanish sound, taken from classical French literature: Count Almaviva - the hero of "The Marriage of Figaro", the famous play by Beaumarchais (1732-1799), which was later the basis for the libretto of the opera genius of Mozart. Label, in turn, pays tribute to the Chilean ancient history. Three stylized symbol on it, reflect the vision of the earth and the cosmos in the ancient civilization of Mapuche. For the first time this image appears on the ritual drum "Kultrun", used by the ancient Mapuche. The name "Almaviva" on the label reproduced handwriting Beaumarchais. Thus, the two great history and tradition teamed up to offer the world of wine, promising fun and inviting his prestige.

Today "Viña Almaviva" produces only one wine - Almaviva, so the quality is always consistently high. This is evidenced by the worldwide popularity not only wine, but also high marks from the most eminent critics, because since its launch in 1996 Almaviva not obtain an estimate of less than 90 points and won a gold medal at the prestigious competition such as Wine Challenge UK in 1997. Today wine Almaviva Categorised Primer Orden, which is the equivalent of the French Grand Cru.

The entire production process is carried out Almaviva in Puente Alto, where the famous Chilean architect Martin Hurtado in 1998 the winery was built, recognized as the ideal in terms of aesthetic design and functionality. It is here that due to the complicated manufacturing process, comprising a double fermentation and aging for 18 months in new French oak barrels, and is born a great Almaviva. One of the interesting features of Almaviva is that his every vintage is unique and has individual character, as every year oenologists change the percentage of grapes belonging to blend wines.