Community Tasting Notes 9

• chrisdgsmith@hotmail.co.uk Likes this wine: 87 points

  August 21, 2017 - Crimson red with distinct bricking at the rim. Impressive legs.
  Intense nose suggesting very extracted black/blue fruit and oak, interesting and quite welcoming.
  First impression is its still incredibly tannic for a 15 year old wine; the tannin together with strong acidity suggests this will need food to be enjoyable. There's still plenty of fruit there, wrapped up in all that structure.
  After an hour in the decanter the wine is more approachable and open textured but bears the hallmarks of a Rolland wine, with heavily extracted fruit and tannin. It's quite drinkable but better with food to offset that tannin. Decent length.
  Overall this isn't really my favourite style of wine but it's holding together and could well continue to evolve for a few years.

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• FlavioSFL Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 18, 2014 - I had a difficult time rating this wine. It is more than just a sum of its parts. Cellar time has done wonders to this bottling. Through the first 30 minutes of aeration the wine rollercoasters through- barnyard, chilean green herbaceousness and Brettanomyces; however it settles into dark dusty rich cherries, vanilla, chocolate & overall pleasant nose reminiscent of a right bank bordeaux (a la Pomerol). The theme continues on the palate- violet, plum, dark cherries- all well integrated with wonderful acidity. Cigarbox and earthtones share the palate with mellow fruit. The reason you cellar wine. Probably will last longer, but won't get better

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• flwino wrote: 89 points

  June 14, 2010 - Color and nose very appropiate for Merlot. PLeasant taste of mised fruit. Ligh finish

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• cyu wrote: 91 points

  December 9, 2009 - GF says 95 for a merlot - wow! Big body. Raisins, chocolate, anise. Nice

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• Acohen wrote: 90 points

  January 31, 2009 - big nose with cassis, berry and chocolate that is full, rich and nicely integrated... almost explodes at the end with a cocoa aftertaste. really nice

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Lapostolle
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation Cuvée Alexandre
• Vineyard Apalta Vineyard
• Country Chile
• Region Rapel Valley
• SubRegion Colchagua Valley
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Codes 087447552071, 088110831264

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• In Cellars 14 (25%)
• Consumed 43 (75%)

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