Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Description
Sourced from our own vineyards, Cuvée Alexandre wines express our dedication to quality and the expression of the Terroir of Lapostolle Wines. The 2017 vintage started with a very cold winter followed by a dry weather with high temperatures and luminosity. The heat continued during summer and accelerated the ripeness that arrived about 2 weeks earlier than usual. We started harvesting grapes for Cabernet Sauvignon on February at Apalta vineyards in order to obtain fresh and vibrant fruit.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Winemaking & Aging
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Wine Production
As a general winemaking philosophy, in our Cuvée Alexandre Cabernet Sauvignon we look for elegance, balance and ageing potential. To express the terroir of Apalta is our mission; so, our winemaking philosophy remains very natural a process with minimal intervention. Our key points are 100% hand harvest in small cases of 14 kilos, strict fruit selection by 100% optical state of the art grape selection. Gentle extraction methods and a judicious use of oak to preserve the fruit but integrate the complexity that a wine of this quality deserves.
About the Vineyard
Apalta is located 170 Kilometres South West of Santiago in the Colchagua Valley. The Vineyard is situated on a North to South exposure, which is quite rare in Chile. Apalta has special meso- climate that is different from the rest of Colchagua Valley. Its climate could be described as semi- arid Mediterranean; with a winter only rainy season and a long dry summer season.
