Lapostolle Grand Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Description
Casa Grand Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 began with a cool and dry winter of 2012. The springtime rains where average. Summer was colder and more humid than during the historic data. During December, rains of 68.1 mm at Apalta and 63.9 mm at Las Kuras made it the wettest december known in Lapostolle’s history. These rains supplied our water reserves and allowed the grapevines to develop without the necessity of extra summer irrigation. Regarding temperatures during the summer, they were lower regarding both minimum and maximum across the three estates. Only february brought back normal recorded temperatures. April was going well only themaxima were lower. The ripening process occured slowly but, it was very balanced. The secret of success this year was based on the early identification of the grapevine’s needs.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Winemaking & Aging
Analytical Data
Wine Production
All the grapes were hand harvested in small cases of 14 kilos and carefully transported to the winery. We obtained clean and pure fruit with strict quality control thanks to the state of the art technology: our Vistalys optical berries selection. 5% of the clusters were hand de stemmed. Then all the grapes were gently macerated with a gentle extraction, obtaining elegant structure, expressive aromas and very good color. Fermentation lasted about 2 weeks in stainless steel tanks at 24-28°C. After a maximum of 4 weeks of maceration, 60% of the wine was aged in 225 lt. French oak barrels (second, third and fourth use) for 6 months while the remaining 40% was aged in stainless steel tanks.
About the Vineyard
Valle del Rapel is located in the central part of Chile, including the sub valleys of Cachapoal and Colchagua. It exhibits a semi – arid Mediterranean climate with a winter – only rainfall pattern. During the growing season, we have warm and dry days and pleasantly cool nights as a result of cold breezes coming from the Andes Mountains. Rapel has also a cool influence from the Pacific’s Humboldt Current, which lowers temperatures in the coastal areas of the valley.
