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2009 Casa Lapostolle Cabernet Sauvignon Cuvee Alexandre Apalta Vineyard Colchagua Valley
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2009 Casa Lapostolle Cabernet Sauvignon Cuvee Alexandre Apalta Vineyard Colchagua Valley

Producer: Casa Lapostolle
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: Chile
Region: Chile

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88(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2011

Opaque ruby. Sexy aromas of cherry-cola and vanilla, with a spicy quality adding energy. Chewy, palate-staining dark berry flavors show very good intensity and become sweeter with air. Firm tannins linger on a spicy, smoky finish. This is a baby.

88 Points | Wine Spectator

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About Chile

Virtually every wine region in Chile benefits from proximity to the Pacific Ocean and the cooling Humboldt Current that flows up from the South Pole. Although Chile extends more than 2,000 miles from north to south, its grape-growing regions are clustered in the center of the country, where rainfall is concentrated during the winter months, and where an absence of fungal diseases makes for relatively carefree grape-farming.
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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon built its reputation on Bordeaux's Left Bank. Here, in the district of Medoc, the varietal is the key component of blended wines that also may include some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and even Malbec and Petit Verdot. Moving slightly south, Cabernet Sauvignon meets Merlot in roughly equal proportions in the red wines of Graves. In both of these Bordeaux regions, the top bottles...
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