2015 Clos Apalta
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Thursday, September 23, 2021 - For perspective, this is the first of 4 bottles of the 2015 vintage. It is the fifth vintage of Clos Apalta for me, and I have a run of 25 consecutive vintages of Lapostolle's Cuvee Alexandre Merlot's & Cabernets. That said, I've found the Cuvee Alexandre's hit their stride @ 6-7 years. So, at 6 1/2 years for this Clos Apalta, as others have said....too early.
We started on it after 1 hour of decanting. I immediately noticed the persistent fine grained tannins. Yes, it is tight right now. It very slowly unfolded. Again as others have said, silky ( at one point almost an oily texture in the mouth ). The nose evolved into an almost violet fragrance. Fruitbomb? Not for me at this point, but it's definitely in there and was showing at 2 hours. By then, the tannins were even more fine grained, and the aftertaste lingered a long time.
Oak? for sure, but applied properly. It was there.
Superbly balanced, my wife loved it. This bottle at this point in time was in fact Bordeaux'ish, that could change by the next bottle.
It's big, balanced, not ready yet, and full of everything it needs to evolve IMO beautifully. 100 points? I cant predict that, but probably not. I've never tasted a 100 point wine. I'll give 94 now, and wait at least 2 years for bottle # 2. After following the Cuvee Alexandre's for so long, I have no doubts bottle # 2 of the 2015 Clos Apalta will improve upon the 94.
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