The 2020 La Piu Belle Magnum from Vik is a rich and elegant red blend dominated by Carmenere, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Aged in a mix of French oak barrels and local clay amphorae, it offers ripe black fruit, spice, and polished tannins balanced by fresh acidity. With deep complexity and a long finish, it’s a refined expression of the Millahue terroir, ready to enjoy now or cellar for several years.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 96
Published: Apr 24, 2023

Ripe and plush to the nose with some opulent spicy fruit, blackberries, dark plums and a hint of chocolate. Full-bodied and rich on the palate with dense, nicely chewy tannins and a pretty long finish. Nice acidity freshens it up. A blend of carmenere, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. 23 months in barrels, of which 45% is new Barroir oak (French barrels toasted with local oak trees). Around 15% of the wine was aged in amphorae made with local clay for eight months. Drink from 2025. 

The Wine Advocate | RP 90
Published: Apr 6, 2023
Drink: 2023-2027

The 2020 La Piu Belle was produced with a blend of 68% Carmenere, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Cabernet Franc, fermented in stainless steel and matured in barrel, 45% of them new and from Chilean oak, for 26 months, including malolactic, with 15% of the wine kept in clay pots produced from the clay in their soils. It's quite ripe and heady and hits the scale at 14.7% alcohol with 3.36 grams of residual sugar. This comes from a warmer part of the vineyard and is mostly Carmenere, so it has a slightly different profile from the rest of the reds. It's peppery and herbal with high ripeness, a round and lush palate that's generously oaked and with some tannins that would welcome powerful food. 80,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2022.

Vik is the Nordic surname of the owners of a very modern property and winery in Cachapoal where they planted 327 hectares of high-density vineyards. These are ripe, generous and oaky wines with some residual sugar, but somehow most of the reds finished dry and I only noticed a little sweetness in one of them.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 16.5
Published: Jan 19, 2024
Drink: 2024-2030

100% Tinto Fino. 16,000 bottles. A promising project, in which Bordeaux's Jean-Claude and Jeff Berrouet participate, based in Curiel del Duero.
It has a more delicate profile with somewhat more mature fruit than El Jardín de Vivaltus. It is compact, but it makes you salivate. Savoury, with complete tannins, but replenished with delicacy. It is a Ribera with a soft, deep and elegant profile. Very well crafted. A fantastic project that will echo in the future for sure.

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VARIETIES
45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Carmenere, 10% Syrah, 5% Merlot.
ORIGIN
Millahue, Cachapoal valley.
SOIL
Deep, porous decomposed granitic soil with good drainage.
CLIMATE
Temperate Mediterranean climate with a marine influence which moderates maximum temperatures.
AGING
23 months in French oak barrels.