Lapostolle

Cuvée Alexandre Carmenère

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.

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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.

Tasting Notes

Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carmenére boasts a complex nose with red and black fruit, spice, herbal, and vanilla aromas. Bright and vivid, it is harvested late in the season, producing a medium structure with juicy, round tannins.

Food Pairing

Pair Carmenére with dishes such as rabbit or four-cheese pasta with grated truffles. Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carmenére can be cellared for several years.

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.

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Wine Production

Tasting Notes

Food Pairing

Pair Carmenére with dishes such as rabbit or four-cheese pasta with grated truffles. Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carmenére can be cellared for several years.

Brand Materials

Tech Sheet Bottle Shot Acclaim

Sustainably Farmed

Organic Practices

Biodynamic Practices

Female-Led

POINTS

This bottling is quite consistent in quality and shows excellent balance. Fruitier than many previous vintages, with fine-grained tannins, juicy fruit and a lengthy finish.

James Suckling

POINTS

The 2023 Carmenere Cuvee Alexandre Lapostolle if 89% Carmenere, 6% Syrah and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, all from Apalta. This aged for 13 months in second-and third-use 225-liter French oak barrels. It opens with red fruit, plum and ripe blackberry, with soft oak and gentle spice. What stands out is the restrained palate – elegant and finely grippy with a subtle cling, delivering the finesse of Chile in a warm year. Delicate pyrazines appear on the finish.

POINTS

Containing 6% Syrah and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2023 Cuvée Alexandre Carmenère introduces itself with a dark-fruited, plummy nose with a subtle herbal tint and graphite flourishes. The palate is lush yet silky and streamlined in profile, concluding with a long, elegantly structured finish of delineated tannins.

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:

53,364

Certified Eco-Friendly Practices:

Biodynamic-Demeter

Certified Vineyards:

Ceres

Winemaking & Aging

Prefermentation Technique:

Cold maceration

Time on its skins:

Up to 4 weeks

Varietal composition:

89% Carmenere, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% 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

Analytical Data

pH level:

3.7

Acidity:

3.65 g/L

Alcohol:

14.5 %

Residual sugar:

2.5 g/L

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.

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