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A Vintage Year is the second mission (and first non-tutorial level) in Hitman: Blood Money. Agent 47 is assigned to eliminate Fernando Delgado, owner of Colchagua Valley Vineyard, and his son Manuel Delgado.


Targets[]

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Kill Manuel Delgado.
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Kill Fernando Delgado.


Objectives[]

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N/A


Exfiltrate[]

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Escape.

A Vintage Year[]

Hello, 47. Your next target's in Chile.
His name is Fernando Delgado. Used to be a Colonel in Pinochet's intelligence service; now he's running a cocaine factory under cover of a vineyard. Satellite imaging suggests that the lab is underground.

Fernando's son Manuel is in on the coke trade, so to make it look like a drug hit, you'll need to take him out too. We'll get you in with a pensioner's club from Santiago for the big celebrity unveiling of Delgado's new wine label, named for 80s "B" action star Rex Stanton. There'll be at least one T.V. crew on hand, so keep an eye on them and their cameras.

Delgado's got a seaplane, and that may be your best way to get out in a pinch.
― Mission Briefing


Description[]

47 receives an ICA briefing contained on a flash drive. He loads it into his laptop and receives the mission details. He must eliminate Fernando Delgado, a former colonel of the Pinochet regime, who owns a vineyard that is actually a front for a cocaine factory. In order to make the assassination appear to be a drug-related hit, 47 must also eliminate Delgado's son Manuel, and escape via a seaplane kept in an underground hangar.

Outcome[]

47 successfully eliminates his targets and escapes via seaplane. The assassination of Fernando Delgado attracts the attention of the US intelligence agencies, in particular Alexander Leland Cayne, who suspects that 47 is the only person capable of pulling off such a feat on his own.

Objectives[]

  1. Kill Don Fernando Delgado.
  2. Kill Manuel Delgado.
  3. Escape the Vineyard.

Intel[]

  1. The guided tour of the wine cellar might prove useful, especially when looking for potential death traps.
  2. We've heard that Manuel likes to entertain friends and enjoy the merchandise in the wine cellar.
  3. The entrance to the secret lab is hidden somewhere in the wine cellar.
  4. The insides are guarded by highly trained guards.

Weapons[]

Firearms[]

Melee[]

Disguises[]

Gallery[]

Notes[]

  • 47 can explore the wine cellar in his suit without arousing suspicion, providing he sticks with the guided tour. Sometimes, this will NOT work and guards or Manuel will demand you leave the premises or they will fire their guns at you.

Trivia[]

  • The whole area is inaccessible (no roads, paths) so it is nonsensical there are people and some vehicles located in this level.
  • There are 61 NPCs on this level including 30 bodyguards.
  • "A Vintage Year" is a term used to describe a year in which the wine produced was of especially high quality. 
  • The classical instrumental played by Fernando Delgado is Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello suite No. 1, prelude.
  • Considering Delgado's Hacienda produces both wine and cocaine, it is worth noting that there is no sign of agriculture of any kind in the surrounding area for growing either grapes or coca.
  • A Vintage Year, Nightcall and The Farewell are the only confirmed missions in the entire series where Agent 47 visits the Southern Hemisphere, though it is possible that Find the U'wa Tribe, The Jungle God and Say Hello to My Little Friend take place in the part of Colombia that is south of the Equator. It is also possible that Three-Headed Serpent (which also involves killing a member of the Delgado family, Rico Delgado, who is the cousin and nephew of the targets in A Vintage Year) takes place in the southern part of Colombia, though it is questionable whether the drug-smuggling submarine which was under construction in the Delgado's underground facility would be able to navigate the rivers of that part of the country well enough to reach the sea.
  • This mission is the first since Hitman: Codename 47 to take place in South America.
  • It is stated that Delgado produces quality wines, and is mentioned several times throughout the mission. However in the post-mission newspaper, the caption beneath Delgado's photograph says that Delgado is infamous for making some of the worst wines in all of Chile.
  • Agent 47 can throw an RU-AP mine onto the balcony (in front of where Delgado plays the cello) from the ground below.
  • If 47 pushes the vineyard guard over the wine cellar balcony and Manuel spots the body, he will run upstairs to alert the guards; if you wait where the guard was, he will run up to you and ask you to leave at which point you can shove him over the balcony to join the guard.
Missions in Hitman: Blood Money
Training Hideout - Death of a Showman
Chile A Vintage Year
France Curtains Down
California Flatline - A New Life
Louisiana The Murder of Crows
Colorado You Better Watch Out...
Mississippi Death on the Mississippi - Till Death Do Us Part
Nevada A House of Cards - A Dance with the Devil
Epilogue Amendment XXV - Requiem
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