2004 Lapostolle Cabernet Sauvignon Cuvée Alexandre Apalta Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 87.8 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View rossi.wine's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/27/2019 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points

  From magnum. A bit of discolouration around the rim - still quite dark core. Ripe and quite sweet on the nose, notes of candied fruit, spices, sweet tobacco, smoke. On the palate really well balanced and smooth. Ripe but with good acidity, very spicy, good length. New world certainly, but different - lots of character. Drinking well. 91-93

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Wee Dram's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/10/2012 - Wee Dram wrote: 90 Points

  Drank with prime rib. Dark fruit, cherries, and pencil box on the nose. Almost no tannins left on the palate. Cut the meat flavor and refreshed the palate with each sip. Good combination without being overpowering.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View WineSwinger's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/17/2012 - WineSwinger wrote:

  Although this is not your typical table wine from Chile with a flat out factory wine flavor, but it is not something that would amaze your palate either. There are small hints of Tobacco and Berries characters, soft tannins on the finish (which is expected for something that's been aged for 8 years and decanted it for 45-1hr), a good float of oak and a bit towards light rather than medium body. Solid dry Cab and not much fruitiness, but nothing special at all. Keep in mind that this is a Chile wine and the peak years usually doesn't last more than 5 years at most, so this might of passed it's peak time. For something under $10 bucks, it might deserve a higher rating just for it's value, but I paid $22.99 for it and it's really not worth it. If you want to impress someone with a nice bottle of wine for the evening, look else where; but it would make a great pairing with some red sauce pasta/steak as a "Table Wine".
  
  RC 2012

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View gajalaa's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/18/2011 - gajalaa wrote: 86 Points

  Dark in color, plum and ceder on the nose, palate had some leather, decent length and a peppery finish OK for 15-20 but not something i would buy again

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Tarrant's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/2/2010 - Tarrant wrote: 90 Points

  Very nice, time has treated this well and Molesworth's 2008 window is a touch premature - Dark, well concentrated with a nose of extreme plum, black fruit, cedar, tobacco and vanilla, well balanced, integrated, decent complexity, sweet, smooth on the palate with excellent length, very nice! (90 Points).

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 29 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.