Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Merlot

Cuvée Alexandre Merlot bottle image

Wine Description

Sourced from our own vineyards, Cuvée Alexandre wines express our dedication to quality and the expression of the Terroir at Lapostolle.

Apalta in autumn
Lapostolle
Lapostolle Winery
Andrea Leon
Charles de Bournet
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Acclaim
“Aromas of coffee, berry and chocolate. Hints of berry and tar. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a savory finish.”
— James Suckling, Mar 2018
BEST MERLOTS OF THE YEAR: “One of Lapostolle’s main sourced of grapes is the El Cóndor Vineyard in the Apalta Valley. It has very, very old vines along with others planted in the 2000s. This merlot comes from there, from biodynamically managed vineyards planted on the plain and hillsides. It’s pure power with intense tannins and fierce acidity, like a tight, firm black cherry. Leave it in the bottle for at least another year.”
— Patricio Tapia, Jun 2018
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Apalta Valley
Vineyard name
El Condor de Apalta
Soil composition
Granitic origin
Training method
Espalier
Exposure:
Northern
Harvest time:
March - April
First vintage of this wine:
1997
Bottles produced of this wine:
63,996
Certified Eco-Friendly Practices:
Biodynamic-Demeter
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Winemaking & Aging
Prefermentation Technique:
Cold maceration
Time on its skins:
Up to 4 weeks
Varietal composition:
95% Merlot, 5% Syrah
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Maceration technique:
Gentle extraction
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
14 months
Age of Aging Container:
5% new , 21% second year , 74% third and four year
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Analytical Data
pH level:
5.6
Alcohol:
15 %
Residual sugar:
3.6 g/L
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Wine Production

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 harvest in small cases of 14 kilos, strict fruit selection by 94% optical state of the art grape selection by Vistalys and 6% hand de-stemming of the grapes. Fermentation was done with native yeast and there were gentle extraction methods during maceration and a judicious use of oak to preserve the fruit but integrate the complexity that a wine of this quality deserves.

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About the Vineyard

Apalta is located 170 Kilometers South West of Santiago in the Colchagua Valley.  The Vineyard is situated on a North to South exposure, which is quite rare in Chile. This geography is responsible for the conditions that ensure  balance for our vines and a slow ripening for the grapes.  Apalta has special meso-climate that is different from the rest of Colchagua Valley. Its climate could be described as semiarid Mediterranean; with a winter only rainy season and a long dry summer season.