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Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta 2017 (750ML)

$117.89
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LPOCLAPAB7B
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Vintage:
2017
Format:
750ML
Appellation:
Colchagua Valley
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Critic Scores, Reviews & Descriptions

100 JS / 95 WA / 95 WS / 17 JR

#10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2020

What a stunning nose of crushed berries, fresh flowers, sandalwood and light vineyard dust. Black olives, too. Very complex. Full-bodied with a beautiful, dense palate of blackberries, chocolate, walnuts and cigar box. Fantastic length and composure. The tannin just rolls over the palate. Very structured. The most classically structured wine ever from here. Goes on for minutes. Outrageous and so polished. A blend of 48% carmenere, 26% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot and 1% petit verdot. Try after 2025.- James Suckling

The 2017 Clos Apalta is the 20th vintage of this wine that was produced with a blend of 48% Carmenere, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot from organic and biodynamic certified vineyards on granite soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts for four to five weeks, with manual punch-down of the cap, mostly in 7,500-liter French oak vats and 18% in new French barrique. Malolactic was in new French oak barrels, and the élevage lasted for 27 months in 85% new barrels and 15% second use. This is always a powerful, big and ripe wine that is regularly 15% alcohol, reflecting a warm and ripe place. The 2017 is no exception, perhaps a riper and more powerful wine than the 2016. It's still very young and marked by the élevage, with abundant balsamic aromas and notes from the wood—spice and smoke with an ashy touch. It seems quite marked by the character of the Carmenere. The tannins are quite round and polished, and the flavors are pungent and powerful. It's a full-bodied wine to age in in bottle and enjoy in its 10th birthday with powerful food. 90,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2019. - Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate

This features an intensely rich and fruity aroma, with concentrated flavors to match, dominated by cherry tart, raspberry and dark plum. Creamy midpalate, with a plush and spicy finish that offers hints of chocolate mint and plenty of minerality. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2022 through 2027. From Chile. K.M., Wine Spectator

48% Carmenere, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot. Special bottle this year – blue-black glass engraved with gold writing – to mark 20 years of Clos Apalta. A dry winter and cold spring led to a very hot summer, with days reaching 28 °C. There were 26 days reaching, or exceeding, 33 °C in January alone – making it Chile’s hottest month on record. Thankfully, these temperatures dropped in March, though there were still spikes in the 30s.
Deep ruby. Intense ripe tomato on the nose, layered with sweet black fruit. The palate follows, with a superb texture of plentiful but fine tannins. There is a hint of graphite and vine tomato, but the core of plummy, cherry fruit is more dominant than on the nose. The acidity is brisk, cutting through all else on a long, spicy finish. (TP)
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