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  • Country ranking ?

    40
  • Producer ranking ?

    6
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

The Marnier Lapostolle family founded Lapostolle in 1994 with the goal of creating world-class wines by combining the superb terroir of Chile with their French winemaking philosophy. Clos Apalta was introduced in 1997 and awarded the #1 wine of the year by Wine Spectator in 2008. It has consistently received critical praise and is widely considered one of the world's finest wines.



Apalta is located at 170 Kilometers South West from Sant...

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Tasting note

color

Full and Purple

ending

Long and Flavorful

flavors

Cranberry, Vegetal, Toasty, Earthy, New-oak and Cassis

nose

Intense and Opulent

recommend

No

taste

Average in Acidity, High alcohol content, High tannin, Concentrated, Developing, Full-bodied, Perfumed, Powerful and Dry

Verdict

Fine

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle and in an perfect condition. Colour is purple and full. On the nose it is intense and opulent. The taste is perfumed,full of energy, and dry, high alcohol content, with high tannin, and average in acidity, full-bodied, with concentrated structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has vegetal, earthy, cranberry, cassis, new-oak and toasty flavours. The finish is long and flavorful. This wine is fine. I paid around 100-200€ a bottle. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least 15min before tasting. Too expensive for quality. I do not recommend it.

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Origin

Santiago, Colchagua

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