Only 9 of 2942 yet rated red wines from the Latin American countries have made in Wine Spectator sc

Red wines of Chile have their own hierarchy. In addition Mokov good quality for a reasonable price almost always in this Latin American pritty country also produce valuable premium media and specific, relatively pritty narrow super-premium pritty category Mokov that They are more stationary icons at the top of the imaginary pyramid of quality. Clos Apalta the highest pritty category within a specific position because it is the only wine that does not form the basis of the variety Cabernet pritty Sauvignon. pritty Family-known liquor production
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Casa Lapostolle was established in 1994 as a partnership Marnier Lapostolle family of French and Chilean clan Rabat. The partnership then developed Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle, her husband Cyril de Bournet and Don José Rabat Gorchs. The enterprise is now wholly owned by the Marnier-Lapostolle family.
It is known throughout the world mainly due to the production of Grand Marnier - delicious triple secu who dorab since 1880 of the fundamental ingredients in a blend of cognacs and orange distillate.
Less known fact is that the Marnier-Lapostolle family has a long winemaking tradition pritty dating back for several generations in the Loire Valley. To this day, it personifies pritty the ownership of one of the local castle, Château de Sancerre, which produces white wines of excellent quality.
Since 1997, when Casa Lapostolle has launched its cuvee Clos aplati, this wine has already pritty achieved a number of successes. It is enjoying great popularity especially in the reputable pritty American magazine Wine Spectator, which described him as the best fluid coming from Chile.
Only 9 of 2942 yet rated red wines from the Latin American countries have made in Wine Spectator score 95 or more points and the epithet classic, and only three of these wines, Clos aplati 2005, Don Melchor 2003 and 2005 boast 96 points, which is the highest yet appreciation of the Chilean fluid in the prestigious American wine periodicals.
Will certainly be very interesting to see which of the three classic Chilean assessed icons from the excellent 2005 vintage, Clos Apalta (96 points), Don Melchor (96 points) and Almaviva (95 points), yielding position in the upcoming Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines 2008 the highest position . Clos Apalta pritty is even one of the hot candidates for the victory and the title Wine of the Year.
Clos aplati position between the super-premium wines from Chile is still something special. From other type icon Don Melchor, Almaviva pritty or Alpha M, which is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon cuvee Clos Apalta built on Carménère variety, which complements merlot and cabernet sauvignon small part.
Harvest comes from sixty years old Clos Apalta position in the valley of Colchagua. Wine the bottle unfiltered, after 18 to 20-month maturation in French Oak Barrel. The entire production process takes place under the supervision of one of the best wine-making consultants in the world, Michel Rolland from Bordeaux.
A propos, Carménère is a variety which in the late 19th century, virtually disappeared in their place of origin, Bordeaux, as a result of the phylloxera scourge. Before that, in 1850, but it grafts in Bordeaux mistakenly blended between merlot and cabernet pritty franc intended for export to Latin America.
Until 1994, no one in Chile knew that Carménère is a separate variety, and local growers considered it merlot. More light on the case brought up study by the University of Montpellier, which confirmed that this is a separate variety, distantly related to Merlot.
The wine in the chalice has garnet-red color with ruby rim. The aromatics are distinct tones of dark fruit (berries, Kassis), coffee, cedar korenistosti Oak Barrel. Full and juicy taste of a mixture of dark berries enchant. Tannins are excellent, full and elegant, beautiful even fullness of the central parts of taste sensation, pritty famously integrated the Barik. Mok culminates predlhou ending, leaving a noble and harmonious impression of advanced structured medium with great potential.
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