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Lapostolle Clos Apalta Red Blend Colchagua Valley 2016 750ML

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Retail: $120.99
Our Price: Price: $99.99
You Save: $21.00 (17.4%)
    Points to Purchase:2000
    Points Earned:100

    This Wine Is Rated:

    • JS 99 Points
    • WS 94 Points
    • VM 93 Points

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    AROMATIC PROFILE:

    The Merlot offers up black fruit aromas such as black cherry and blackberry, all with wonderful freshness on the palate. The Cabernet Sauvignon, in particular from old pre-phylloxera vines, offers up aromas of red fruit (raspberry) and black fruit (blackcurrant, blueberry) with some ripe bell pepper and black olive notes. As it matures it develops pepper, crème de cassis, leather and charred notes (smoke, toast and chocolate). The Carmenère, brightly coloured with hints of purple, is rich with rounded tannins. There are delicate cherry aromas on the nose, subtly balanced out by spicy touches of black pepper. Freshness on the palate ensures a beautiful finish of black fruit, smoke, cocoa, leather and tobacco notes.

    • BLEND:
    • Carmenère 64%
    • Cabernet Sauvignon 19%
    • Merlot 17%
    • ** Only 3 in Stock **

    #27 TOP 100 WINES OF 2019 - This is really focused and refined with fantastic dried flowers and dark berries. Dried-lavender and mint undertones. Medium-to full-bodied with refined and polished tannins that are all together and so focused. Really integrated and melted together on the palate. Compact and very linear. Please give this two or three years to come completely together, but it’s already breathtaking. Better to drink after 2022. - James Suckling 99 Points

    Refined, with savory richness to the mineral-infused raspberry, red currant and herbal shadings. Creamy hints emerge midpalate, leading to a crisp, well-structured finish that lingers with slate and cast iron notes. Carmenere, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Drink now through 2025. 5,339 cases made, 2,000 cases imported. - Wine Spectator Magazine 94 Points

    A few mature wines still survive from the period that Michel Rolland spent in Chile, including Clos Apalta (a blend of 64% Carmenere, 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. - Vinous Media 93 Points