Errazuriz - Don Maximiano Founder's Reserve 2018

Eduardo Chadwick, an active ambassador for Chilean wine, is the current owner of Viña Errázuriz. For decades, he and his team have travelled the world promoting the quality and potential of Chilean wine. Eduardo Chadwick has four daughters: Magdalena, María José, Alejandra and María Eugenia.

Today, the sixth generation continues to carry on the family legacy with a strong vision of the future focused on sustainable development and the conviction that this is the way to maintain Viña Errázuriz's position as a global benchmark for quality and image.

63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Malbec, 8% Carmenere and 7% Petit Verdot. 22 months in French oak barrels, 70% new.

"The violets, roses, blueberries and blackcurrants flow from the glass. Full-bodied, tight and very focused with ultra-fine tannins that flow over the edges of the wine. Extremely long and polished. Needs time to open. Better after 2022." - 96 Points, James Suckling

"The red 2018 Don Maximiano Founder's Reserve is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 7% Carmenere, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc that fermented in stainless steel, open vats and eggs and matured in French oak barrels, 65% of them new, for 22 months. The oak is perfectly integrated, and the wine has a fresh profile with 13.5% alcohol and a creamy texture with refined tannins and a long, dry and vibrant finish. This is a serious wine, somewhat a little shy, pure, balanced ad subtle, very complete and with integrated oak. It's juicy but also fine and probably the best of the modern vintages so far. 64,193 bottles produced. It is bottled in three lots from a single master blend." - 94 Points, Wine Advocate

Producer: Errazuriz

Country: Chile

Region: Aconcagua Valley

Varietal: Carménère, Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation: Aconcagua Valley

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml