Domaines Bournet Lapostolle - Clos Apalta 2022 (750ml)
Price: $174.99
| Producer | Domaines Bournet Lapostolle |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Colchagua Valley |
| Subregion | Apalta |
| Varietal | Red Blend |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 8506 |
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Dark and deep red color with purple edges. The nose is intense and spicy, overlapping with layers of red and black fruit, graphite, and cedar notes. Balanced and concentrated with refined tannins that open up the palate, with a bright structure that brings more fruit and spices towards a very long finish.
68% Carmenère, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot
Domaines Bournet Lapostolle Description
On a quest to bring French winemaking wisdom to a rare canvas of climate and soil, a living legend was born in 1997 with the first vintage of Clos Apalta: a powerful, complex Carmenère blend with tremendous aging potential.
Recognized in the Top 3 wines of the Wine Spectator Top 100 three times within five years, Clos Apalta established a new level of international prestige for the top wines of Chile. Under the watchful eye of Charles-Henri de Bournet and winemaker Andrea Leon, Clos Apalta remains one of the most iconic producers in South America.
James Suckling: 99 Points
The carmenere character is more obvious and confidently transparent this year, but in a really complex and layered way. Cedar, black olives, graphite, paprika and hints of pepper and iodine. It’s well rounded, with a light sanguine note to the ripe fruit. The tannins are fine-grained yet polished. The lengthy finish doesn't want to stop. 68% carmenere, 22% cabernet sauvignon and 10% merlot.
Vinous: 98 Points
The 2022 Clos Apalta is 68% Carmenere, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot from Apalta. This aged primarily in French oak vats with 10% of the blend in 225-liter Bordeaux barrels. It opens with black fruit, a delicate ash note, underbrush, boldo and gentle spiced over subtle oak. Blueberry, blackberry and sour cherry aromas complete the aromatic profile. On the palate, this is dry for the house style, with medium structure, refines grip and juicy flow. The finish is long and finely tuned. This vintage offers a more restrained version of Clos Apalta. It's less opulent than usual but with captivating nuance and poise. The 2022 is a terroir driven response to a cooler year.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
A graceful and understated red that appeals without rhapsody, offering layered aromas of dried herbs, mushroom powder, gravel and apple wood, while the palate is nuanced, with olive-accented blackberry and plum flavors. Gains subtle richness toward the finish, while the core flavors linger, supported by hints of baking spices around fine, integrated tannins. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
A particularly pretty and floral expression of Clos Apalta, the 2022 Clos Apalta is beautifully lush and expressive on the nose, combining a deep core of black and blue fruit aromas with pencil lead, camphor and bramble accents, developing dried purple flower notes that continue to gain volume with aeration. The palate displays the house's quintessentially lavish yet graceful style before concluding with a long, staining, and saturated finish that blends sweet fruits with a toasty, oak-driven backbone, polished tannins and bright acidity. As always, this is quite a stylized expression of Apalta but one that retains a sense of nuance. This blend of 68% Carménère, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot fermented and aged in a mix of barrique, puncheon and large cask.
