Viñedo Chadwick is the award-winning flagship Chilean red wine of the Viñedos Chadwick group, which also owns labels such as Errazuriz and Seña. It is a single-vineyard release heavily based on Cabernet Sauvignon, with just a dash of Petit Verdot. The first vintage, the 1999, was released to widespread acclaim, while the 2000 release made headlines when it won an international blind tasting in Berlin in 2004, pitched against some of the greatest wines of France and Italy. The 2014 and 2017 vintages were given 100-point scores by leading critic James Suckling. Vineyard and winemaking The vineyard is located at the estate which is the Chadwick family home in the Alto Maipo Valley. The vines were planted in 1992 on what was formerly Don Alfonso Chadwick's polo field (after some campaigning by his son Eduardo who had recognized the potential of the terroir). Vines are spaced 2 meters by 1.2 meters and spur pruned. The row orientation helps cool breezes from the mountains roll down the vineyard, moderating daytime temperatures and helping to achieve optimum ripeness in the grapes. Cover crops are used to control vine vigor and promote ecological diversity and natural pest resistance. Composts are used in winter for fertilization. The vineyard is divided into different blocks which are monitored individually with regard to tailoring drip irrigation and to harvest timing. Yields are kept low at around 3 to 4 tons per hectare. Grapes are picked by hand and rigorously sorted. The wine is aged for around 22 months in oak. 80 percent i=of this is new French oak barrels, the remainder larger foudres.