2016 Chile

The 2016 Legado Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from vines planted between 1999 and 2002 on granite soils in one of the coolest places in the Valle de Casablanca 18 kilometers from the sea in a particularly cold vintage. It combines volume and structure with acidity, coming through as very fresh and dry, with moderate alcohol (12.5%). Even the entry level wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts, and this one was kept in foudres for six months before it was bottled. 12,454 bottles were filled in September 2016.
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate (spring 2017)

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The 2016 harvest was complicated by rain in late April, which made them hurry up and finish two weeks earlier than normal. The year was also cooler, and the 2016 Almaviva, a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Carmenère, 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot has less alcohol at 13.9% compared to 15% in 2014. The élevage was shortened to 16 months, and they decreased the percentage of new French barrels used—down to 77% from the 82% in the previous year. The wine is fresher and less marked by the oak, a more fluid version, with fine tannins. This is a little different, a lighter and fresher year. It was a very dry winter, complicated by rains. I found very good harmony and fine tannins, balance and freshness in one of the most elegant vintages I remember from Almaviva. This has contained power, very accessible tannins and no green notes at all. It's young but accessible and should develop nicely in bottle, as it has the balance and freshness. This is an elegant and fresh vintage for Almaviva, young and tender, taking advantage of the natural conditions for it. Well done! 180,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2017.
The Wine Advocate