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Brand: Casa Lapostolle
Style: Red Wine
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon / Carmenere
Region: Colchagua Valley
Category: Chile
Size: 750 ml
Price: $79.99
2010 January Wine Club Premiere Selection
If the winery doesn't mind saying so themselves, since its launch in 1997 Casa Lapostolle’s Clos Apalta has been causing quite a stir. I can’t argue with that assertion, as last year’s placement as Wine Spectator’s #1 Wine of the Year made our holiday season extra-hectic.
Produced in very limited quantities from fruit grown in Lapostolle’s prized Apalta vineyard in what they’ve dubbed “the Pomerol of Chile,” Clos Apalta is likely one of the most recognized and sought-after labels from Chile. There’s everything you’d expect for a wine of this fanfare: a gravity-fed winery, 100% hand-harvested and de-stemmed fruit, all kinds of parcel-specific small French oak vat ageing...you get the picture. And after two years of meticulous ageing, the blend of Merlot, Carmenere, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot is released to the anticipating wine market.
It may seem like a lot of hubbub to make over one wine, but what’s in the bottle is consistently stellar stuff. The Pomerol of Chile? I hesitate a bit to concede: not because the quality isn’t there, but because that addition of Carmenere adds such a unique dimension that Chile should be proud to call it their own. But you make your own call on that matter. Drink now or hold for 4-8 years.
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