Casa Lapostolle - Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley Chile 2017 (750ml)
Price: $136.00
| Producer | Casa Lapostolle |
| Country | Chile |
| Varietal | Carmenere |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Sku | 1617080 |
| Size | 750ml |
The nose is still young but opening towards ripe and expressive red and black fruit such as plums red cherries dry figs and blueberries. Spices such as vanilla clover and white pepper are also evident. On the palate the wine has a concentrated structure with a round and packed attack followed by velvety and polished tannins filling the mid palate and a ripe and rich long lasting finish. "
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
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 7500-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. 90000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2019.
