Vinedo Chadwick
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 10 to 25 years from the vintage release, with the structure to cellar for 30+ years in exceptional vintages.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, prime ribeye steak, slow-braised beef short ribs
✨ Technical Specifications
Viñedo Chadwick is one of Chile's ultimate cult wines, born from a deeply personal tribute. In 1992, Eduardo Chadwick convinced his father, Don Alfonso Chadwick—a legendary Chilean polo champion—to convert his beloved personal polo field in the Puente Alto sub-region of the Maipo Valley into a vineyard. This gravelly, clay-loam terroir, cooled by gentle breezes descending from the Andes Mountains, proved to be an absolute paradise for Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine achieved legendary status at the historic 2004 Berlin Tasting, where the 2000 vintage triumphed over Bordeaux first growths in a blind tasting, forever altering the global perception of Chilean fine wine. Crafted with meticulous berry selection and aged in French oak, it is celebrated for its exquisite structure, refined tannins, and deep complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1870 by Don Maximiano Errázuriz, Viña Errázuriz is an architect of modern Chilean viticulture. Sited in the Aconcagua Valley, the estate traverses diverse mesoclimates, moving from warm, alluvial inland terraces framed by the Andes to cool-climate maritime slopes in Aconcagua Costa. Viticulture emphasizes precision farming certified under the Wines of Chile Sustainability Code. Errázuriz revolutionized Chile's global standing through the historic 2004 Berlin Tasting orchestrated by Eduardo Chadwick, alongside longtime Technical Director Francisco Baettig. While internationally revered for red icons, Errázuriz’s white wine program demonstrates profound terroir mastery, especially along the coastal schist soils of the Las Pizarras vineyard. Benchmark white expressions like Las Pizarras Chardonnay deliver striking mineral reduction, crystalline acidity, and tension, while the Max and Costa Sauvignon Blancs showcase vibrant, citrus-driven linear precision that highlights the estate's exceptional Pacific maritime influence.
🍇 Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon (typically 95% to 100%, occasionally blended with a small percentage of Petit Verdot)
🍷 ABV
13.5% - 14%