- Viñedo Chadwick 2021 has been released for £3,102 per case.
- The wine has a score of 100 points from The Wine Advocate’s Luis Gutiérrez.
- The 2021 is the most expensive and top-scoring vintage, however there is value to be found among back vintages.
Viñedo Chadwick 2021 has been released through La Place de Bordeaux at €252 per bottle ex-négociant, up 12% on last year’s release price (€225 per bottle).
It is being offered internationally for £3,102 per 12×75, 11.6% higher than last year’s opening price (£2,780 per 12×75).
Critical response
The Wine Advocate’s Luis Gutiérrez awarded the wine a score of 100 points and called it ‘the finest vintage for Chadwick; the wine made my heart beat faster—it’s a wine of emotion’. He further noted that it is ‘[his] first 100-point wine from Chile!’, adding that ‘there are some 10,000 bottles of this’.
Jane Anson awarded the wine 96 points, calling it ‘well-defined and precise’, adding that it is ‘built to last, and will evolve slowly’.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) also awarded the wine 96 points. She mentioned that ‘the medium to full-bodied palate delivers intense black and red fruit layers with beautifully ripe, fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and earthy’.
Fair value
Viñedo Chadwick 2021 Market Prices are 76.1% correlated to The Wine Advocate scores, according to Liv-ex’s Fair Value methodology.
While today’s release comes to the market at a premium to previous vintages, with a score of 100 points, it is offered at fair value as it sits right on the trendline.
For those looking for alternative options, the 97-point 2020 and 2019 vintages look attractive and are available at discounts of 25.4% and 30.1% to the 2021 respectively.
The lower-scoring 2016 and 2015 also look attractive, falling below the Fair Value line and with a Market Price of £2,263 and £2,263 per case respectively.
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