2021 Vinedo Chadwick Cabernet Sauvignon Chile

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This is the single highest-rated wine in South American history. The 2021 Viñedo Chadwick swept an unprecedented four perfect 100-point scores from Wine Advocate, James Suckling, Tim Atkin, and Falstaff, securing the first 100-point rating Wine Advocate has ever awarded to a Chilean wine.

It is a collector's Holy Grail for another crucial reason: this bottle is the golden goodbye from master winemaker Francisco "Pancho" Baettig. After twenty years of establishing Chile on the world stage, Baettig crafted this 2021 as his final, crowning masterpiece before stepping down. Wine Advocate called it an emotional coup de cœur that literally made the reviewer's heart beat faster.

Sourced from the coveted gravel soils of Puente Alto in the Maipo Valley, the unusually cool 2021 growing season yielded fruit with unbelievable tension, perfume, and natural freshness. Baettig backed off the heavy oak, aging twenty percent of the wine in large neutral Stockinger foudres to let the site speak without distraction. The result carries an iron fist of power inside a velvet glove, delivering the silky, chalky sophistication of top-tier Pomerol rather than heavy, over-extracted Cabernet.

With roughly 10,000 bottles produced for the entire global market and sold through La Place de Bordeaux, international allocations are strictly rationed. When you combine a unanimous quad-100 sweep, a legendary winemaker's exit, and micro-production numbers, you have a bottle destined to appreciate rapidly. This is the definitive crown jewel of South American winemaking and a mandatory addition to any serious cellar.