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Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley, Chile

Everything starts in 1994 when Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle and her husband Cyril de Bournet first arrived in Chile’s Colchagua Valley. They quickly realized its potential for producing world-class wines. This ideal setting, which was revitalized in 1995, was home to vines originating from pre-phylloxera rootstock brought from Bordeaux in the middle of the 19th century. Member of a renowned family that has been dedicated for several generations to the production of high-quality spirits and wines, Alexandra with legendary wine expertise, brought exceptional French winemaking practices to Chile and pioneered the development of fine quality wines from the region. In its short history, Clos Apalta wines have consistently ranked highly (90+ points) among reputable wine trade publications, a testament of the rigorous standards implemented at the winery to produce outstanding wines. Clos Apalta Le Petit Clos Red Blend Our Petit Clos was hand harvested in small cases of 14 kilos. The grapes are then hand de-stemmed in our Clos Apalta Winery so we maintain complete control of the quality. We fill our fermentation French oak vats by gravity. We use native yeast to ferment the grape juice into wine, with temperature control max. 28° C. We estate bottled the wine by gravity without any treatment or filtration. 2015 : 95 JS | 2014 : 91 WA, 92 WE, 93 W&S, 93 JS Clos Apalta Red Blend Our winemaking philosophy is to reflect the terroir from Apalta by crafting a wine based in Carmenère. A truly hand-crafted wine, we nurture our vines and attend to every detail to preserve the potential of the grapes. We hand harvest the fruit in small cases of 14 kilos. The grapes are 100% hand de-stemmed in our Clos Apalta Winery so we maintain complete control of the quality. 95% of grapes were fermented in our French oak vats while 5% was fermented in new French oak barrels. 2015 : 100 JS | 2014 : 100 JS | 2013 : 97 JS, 94 WE, 93 WS, 92 WA | 2012 : 96 JS, 94 WE, 93 WS, 91+ WA | 2011 : 94 JS | 2010 : 93 JS | 2009 : 94 JS | 2008 : 95 JS | 2007 : 90 JS | 2006 : 93 JS | 2005 : 97 JS | 2004 : 93 JS | 2003 : 92 JS | 2002 : 91 JS | 2001 : 95 JS | 2000 : 94 JS | 1999 : 94 JS | 1997 : 96 JS

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