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94/100
Wine Spectator
96/100
The Wine Advocate
99/100
James Suckling
93/100
Antonio Galloni/Vinous
Domaine Bournet-Lapostolle
, Chile
2016 Clos Apalta Vinothèque
Auslieferung im Juni 2026!
Delivery in June 2026!
(Apalta Valley, Colchagua, Chile; 64% Carménère; 19% Cabernet Sauvignon; 17% Merlot; pH 3.73; 15% alcohol; certified organic and biodynamic; around 5400 cases were produced). The Carménère and Cabernet Sauvignon here is from ungrafted vines planted in 1920. A truly exceptional vintage of Clos Apalta which it is fabulous to have the occasion to return to now, 10 years on. I prefer this to the somewhat more evolved 2015. Indeed, tasted blind I’d underestimate the age of this even knowing it come from Clos Apalta – and, in that respect at least, there’s something of Bordeaux 2016 about it. This is magical, with incredibly beautiful aromatics – blue berry fruits, lily, peony and lilac, even a little violet and then almost a wave of cassis. The purity of the fruit, aromatically and on the palate, is also extraordinary, above all for a wine that has had almost a decade in bottle. I am in raptures. There’s a supreme elegance, refinement and harmony here but also a shimmering vibrancy that radiates energy, freshness and sapidity in equal measure and in all directions. Brilliant and very much one of the stars of the March releases.
98/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business
Delivery in June 2026!
(Apalta Valley, Colchagua, Chile; 64% Carménère; 19% Cabernet Sauvignon; 17% Merlot; pH 3.73; 15% alcohol; certified organic and biodynamic; around 5400 cases were produced). The Carménère and Cabernet Sauvignon here is from ungrafted vines planted in 1920. A truly exceptional vintage of Clos Apalta which it is fabulous to have the occasion to return to now, 10 years on. I prefer this to the somewhat more evolved 2015. Indeed, tasted blind I’d underestimate the age of this even knowing it come from Clos Apalta – and, in that respect at least, there’s something of Bordeaux 2016 about it. This is magical, with incredibly beautiful aromatics – blue berry fruits, lily, peony and lilac, even a little violet and then almost a wave of cassis. The purity of the fruit, aromatically and on the palate, is also extraordinary, above all for a wine that has had almost a decade in bottle. I am in raptures. There’s a supreme elegance, refinement and harmony here but also a shimmering vibrancy that radiates energy, freshness and sapidity in equal measure and in all directions. Brilliant and very much one of the stars of the March releases.
98/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business
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Article Number 807488
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Alcohol Content 15%
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Quantity 0,75 l
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Packaging Bottle
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Price Per Litre € 168,00
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Type Cuvee
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Origin Chile / Rapel Valley / Colchagua Valley
