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Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta 2016
HED55476
75 cl
15%
£122.00
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Clos Apalta is an ultra-premium single-vineyard wine from the Colchagua Valley in Chile. Owned by the illustrious Lapostolle winery, it has been considered a separate project with its own winemaking team since 2014. Though not without its challenges, the 2016 vintage was generally regard as successfully, producing grapes of optimal maturity. This is a full-bodied, rich, powerful and complex release composed of 64% Carmenere, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot. A superlative wine that will easily age for 10+ years.
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A few mature wines still survive from the period that Michel Rolland spent in Chile, including Clos Apalta (a blend of 64% Carménère, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot), demonstrating both the effectiveness and richness of the style. Taking an approach that suits the terroir of Apalta in Colchagua, this garnet-hued red offers ripe aromas of jam, camphor and bay leaf that guide the hints of blackberry and an elegant woodiness that encompasses notes of sandalwood and tobacco. A complex wine that reflects its oxidative aging process; after a while, black olives, musk and hazelnuts appear. It is rich on the palate with fine tannins and slightly intense woody notes. A long, mature, open and flavorsome finish.Joaquin Hidalgo1st March 2020