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35% Carmenère, 30% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Malbec
from the Apalta vineyards,Colchagua Appellation, Rapel Valley, Chile
with 60 years old non irrigated vines.
18-day fermentation followed by 15-day maceration.
Aged 21 months in new French oak barrels.
Bottled February 2001 unfined unfiltered.
14% Abv.

Proprietors: Cyril de Bournet, Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle and Charles de Bournet Marnier Lapostolle.

From a Double Magnum:

A(ccuracy)=2: Med deep ruby/brick edge. Evolved yet lively.
B(alance)=3: Refined components in harmony.
C(omplexity)=3: Layered fruit essence, chocolate, tobacco.
D(epth)=1: Smooth mouthfeel. Average length and finish (likely due to age)

Wine Tally Score [2,3,3,1] = 9/10

Tasting much younger than its age.

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Deep garnet with a slight bricking edge. Nose of dark cherries, dark chocolate, and leather. Tastes of cherries, crushed blackberries, dark chocolate, tar, and slight earthiness. Lovely fruit and structure. Still holding up well but at or just past prime. Drink over the next 3-5 years. (3063 views)

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Mature but 5 - 7 years to go

The nose increases dramatically as it breaths (4355 views)

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Allowed to breathe in glass 1 hour before tasting. Clear deep dark garnet color. Lovely fresh bouquet of boysenberries, cherries and black currants and their liqueurs, along with mocha, fennel, anise, hints of tobacco, nutmeg, cloves, and forest floor. Similar on the palate, full body, rich, generous, bit of brandy-like alcoholic heat despite the cool serving temperature. Mouth-coating tannins and firm acidity suggest many good years ahead. Improved with air and held up well under vacuum stopper for four days in refrigerator. (4269 views)

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Blackberry and red cherry, quite ripe but not overripe; good acidity, intense palate with long finish; this still has some ways to go; kept improving over two days. (4693 views)

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5,years later still good but better in it's youth. Dark red fruit flavors. (4391 views)

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Corked (4186 views)

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J'ai moins aimé le Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta 1999 dont le nez de polis à ongle m'a assez rebuté. La bouche était mieux, mais avec une certaine lourdeur sucrée qui tombait sur le coeur. Pour moi c'est l'archétype de la bombe qui vieillit sans gagner en complexité. Il me laisse la même impression que certains Shiraz australien de 10-15 ans qui semblent figés dans le temps. D'où le fameux débat sur la capacité à vieillir VS. capacité à se bonifier dans le temps. (4656 views)

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Le commentaire général autours de la table : à quoi bon faire vieillir de tels vins s’ils nous donnent l’impression… de ne jamais évoluer? Certes, le profil aromatique avait sûrement évolué depuis sa mise en bouteille, mais bien malin celui qui aurait pu identifier son âge. Un peu comme Patrick, à la longue, il finissait par nous tomber sur le palais. Malgré tout, je suis heureux d’avoir goûté un vin du Chili avec quelques années dans le corps. Merci Alain. (4563 views)

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Seemed past its prime. Slightly maderized. raisin, licorice, medicinal notes. (4303 views)

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Silky smooth but still with a great finish. Delicious. (3442 views)

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Soft and round....fruit is still primary in character, but nothing overripe or overly rich here....Really a nice, balanced, drinkable wine. Very Pomerol-like. Impressive. Really not showing any tertiary characteristics or development at all, surprisingly youthful, but the fruit and tannins have definitely softened and mellowed just a bit. Approachable, something like a 1998 Right Bank.... (3500 views)

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Tasted at XMAS 2008, Jeremy brought a bottle to Sunriver. Wonderful wine that continues to open and give more as you let it sit in the glass. Near oeak I would say so drink by 2010 for best fruit. Rated 92 by WS and 94 by WE. (3175 views)

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a lot of spice on the nose. nice color concentration. decanted for 1.5 hours and started to open up. (3487 views)

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Drank over 3 nights and improved each time. On first opening this wine was very closed, sharp and tannic. Even at 10 years old this wine was a dark purple colour. Overall very good but not great (3587 views)

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