Blackberries, black olives, flowers and currants. Hazelnuts, too. Clear and focused. Aromatic. Medium-bodied with ultra-refined tannins that go down through the wine. Vertical and very poised and lovely. Sophisticated. Perfect for drinking now. 73% cabernet sauvignon, 22% carmenere, 4% cabernet franc and 1% merlot. Drink now.

Classically built with a compact and fine-tuned frame giving way to rich cassis black cherry reduction fig paste spice box and licorice notes woven with fine tannins juicy acidity and a firm minerally spine. The finish reverberates the focused flavors but should expand with mid-term cellaring. Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenère Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Drink now through 2020. From Chile.-N.W.

2009 was a warm, early and ripe vintage with high yields and bigger bunches, and that's reflected in the 2009 Almaviva, which shows more austere and undeveloped than the 2005 I tasted next to it. It combines power and concentration with elegance and has a little more extraction and plenty of powdery, dusty tannins. It's not the most concentrated vintage; it seems more on the elegant side. - Luis Gutiérrez