Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carmenère

Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carmenere

Wine Description

Named to honor the family’s legacy of fine wines and spirits dating back to 1827, the Cuvée Alexandre wines are produced entirely from Apalta estate grapes.

Apalta in autumn
Lapostolle
Lapostolle Winery
Andrea Leon
Charles de Bournet
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Acclaim
“The 2022 Carménère Cuvée Alexandre, sourced from Apalta in the Colchagua Valley, presents a ripe and precise expression. Purple in hue, it exudes soft ash and marmalade aromas with hints of blackberry and boldo. Dry, rich and bold, the voluminous palate is fairly fleshy and reactive due to its muscular, rounded tannins. This is an intense and flavorful Apalta Carménère.” — Vinous, Jul 2024
“Andrea Leon uses 6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Syrah to build some extra layers of flavour into her Carmenere. Matured in 9% new wood, it’s inky, dense and concentrated, with plenty of alcohol, subtle oak spices, garrigue, fig and dark chocolate flavours and plenty of tannic backbone.” — Tim Atkin, MW, May 2024
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
El Condor de Apalta
Soil composition
Granitic origin
Training method
Espalier
Exposure:
Northern
Year vineyard planted:
1920
Harvest time:
March - April
First vintage of this wine:
2007
Bottles produced of this wine:
39,000
Certified Eco-Friendly Practices:
Biodynamic-Demeter
Certified Vineyards:
Ceres
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Winemaking & Aging
Prefermentation Technique:
Cold maceration
Time on its skins:
Up to 4 weeks
Varietal composition:
92% Carmenere, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Syrah
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Maceration technique:
Gentle extraction
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
12 months
Age of Aging Container:
15% new , 23% second use, 62% third use
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.69
Acidity:
3.68 g/L
Alcohol:
14.5 %
Residual sugar:
2.4 g/L
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Wine Production

To express the terroir of Apalta is our mission, so our winemaking philosophy remains a very natural process with minimal intervention. Our key points are 100% hand harvesting in small cases of 14 kilos and strict fruit selection by optical state of the art grape selection by Vistalys. A gentle extraction and a judicious use of oak to preserve the fruit but integrate the complexity that a wine of this quality deserves.  All fermentations were made with native yeasts.
 

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About the Vineyard

The Apalta DO lies within a projection of the Coastal Cordillera, a small mountain range of decomposed granite between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean within the Colchagua Valley. The family’s estate – the ‘Clos’ – is protected by a horseshoe-shaped mountain that shelters vines from the extreme influences of the Andes and Pacific.

The hills provide relief from the afternoon sun in summer, creating slightly cooler conditions than the rest of the valley. Below, the Tinguiririca River cuts along the valley, providing natural drainage for winter rains. Here, conditions are perfect for elegant, complex wines with great structure, depth, color, and aging potential.