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Red
2005 Clos Apalta
Red Bordeaux Blend
- Chile
- Rapel Valley
- Colchagua Valley
- Apalta
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Community Tasting Notes 308
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spendergast Likes this wine: 95 points
December 22, 2023 - Decanted 90 minutes. Continues to drink well with notes of dark concentrated fruit (black raspberry, cherry, currant), earth, and spice. This wine has a nice velvety mouthfeel with soft tannins and long finish. Paired with grilled baby back ribs.
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Stevey Likes this wine: 95 points
October 9, 2023 - Let stand 24h from cellar before opening. Deep purple color. Needed about an hour to open up and stayed consistent over the next few hours. Blackberry, kirsch, raisony, almost like an Amarone. Paired perfectly with BBQ Pork. Well integrated medium tannins, long beautiful finish. Still in prime drinking window probably for another 5+ years. Drinking beautifully now.
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rbs1 Likes this wine: 93 points
September 1, 2023 - Good to have waited several years since the last bottle. Still improving
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Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 95 points
June 18, 2023 - Opened and let it breathe for about a hour. Nose shows mature notes dark cherries and blueberry paste with some hints of raisins.
Beautiful acidity and grippy tannins still, with a dense a complex palate of raisins, molasses, white pepper, dark fruits, tobacco. Long ending that has beautiful oaky notes.
Am excellent wine we paired we a 1.4lbs, 60-day dry aged NY strip steak. -
wren460 Likes this wine: 95 points
June 15, 2023 - Perfect example of a wine at peak. Dont wait, open up and enjoy. No hurry, but this wine will not get better that this. Last bottle, enjoyed alongside a 2005 Pavie.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Clos Apalta
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Chile
- Region Rapel Valley
- SubRegion Colchagua Valley
- Appellation Apalta
- UPC Codes 088110831318, 2200000018557, 229110212132, 7487899000282, 7804387001093
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 19 (0%)
- In Cellars 2,582 (52%)
- Consumed 2,322 (47%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
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- ProducerClos Apalta
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryChile
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