Lapostolle Clos Apalta 2009 1.5 Litre Magnum

Description

Lapostolle Clos Apalta 2009 1.5 Litre Magnum – Lapostolle’s flagship wine in a large bottle format! Perfect for a dinner party.

Lapostolle was founded by Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle and her husband Cyril de Bournet in 1994. The Marnier Lapostolle family, founders and owners of the world-renowned liqueur Grand Marnier, is famous for producing spirits and liqueurs, but the family has also been involved in winemaking for generations. In creating Lapostolle, the family has pursued the same uncompromising approach to quality that made Grand Marnier a global success. Its objective is as simple as it is ambitious: to create world-class wines using French expertise and the superb terroirs of Chile.

Lapostolle Clos Apalta 2009 is a blend of 78% Carmenère; 19% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot. The grapes were 100% hand de-stemmed in the Clos Apalta Winery to maintain complete control of the quality. The French oak vats are fed by gravity. Then nature does its work, using native yeasts that slowly ferment the must into wine with temperature control less than 28° C. Maceration lasts for about 4-5 weeks and during all that period there are manual punch downs of the cap to extract enough compounds from skins and seeds to get the desired structure and concentration. The new young wine is racked straight into 100% new French oak barrels by gravity. Malolactic fermentation happens in barrels, where the wine stays for 24 months, ageing patiently. The wine is bottled by gravity without any treatment or filtration.