2021 Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carménère As a general winemaking philosophy, Cuvée Alexandre Carménère’s direction is toward elegance, balance and ageing potential. To express the terroir of Apalta is the mission of Casa Lapostolle, using very natural process with minimal intervention. “It’s been great to have the opportunity to see the grapes of Carménère from La Isla block growing: seeing them each year showing more balance and depth in the wine is a gift from Nature”. – Jacques Begarie, Chief Winemaker. Made with Organic Grapes and Biodynamic vineyard management. For more info, visit Lapostolle website. VARIETALS 97% Carmenere, 3% Syrah VINTAGE 2021 Download Tasting Note
2021 Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Merlot As a general winemaking philosophy, Cuvée Alexandre Merlot’s direction is toward elegance, balance and ageing potential. To express the terroir of Apalta is the mission of Casa Lapostolle, using very natural process with minimal intervention. “It all started with our Cuvée Alexandre Merlot back in 1994: a wine that had showed its consistency for more than a decade.” – Jacques Begarie, Chief Winemaker. Made with Organic Grapes and Biodynamic vineyard management. For more info, visit Casa Lapostolle website. VARIETALS 85% Merlot, 11% Syrah, 4% Grenache VINTAGE 2021 Download Tasting Note
2020 Lapostolle D’Alamel Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva D’Alamel wines embody the outstanding growing conditions found in Chile, where they are born between the South Pacific ocean and the foothills of the Andes Mountains. These wines are named in honour of Cyril D’Alamel de Bournet, who co-founded Lapostolle Wine with his wife Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle. D’Alamel wines are the result of careful soil management, pruning, leaf pulling, and green harvests to ensure the right conditions for healthy vines that deliver their finest fruit year after year. This D’Alamel Cabernet Sauvignon is perfectly balanced, with youthful and bright characteristics, perfect for any occasion. D’Alamel wines use ecological bottles that are 14% lighter and made with recycled glass, and the raw ingredients used for the labels, boxes, and corks come from certified sustainable forests. Certified Carbon Neutral. For more info, visit Lapostolle D’Alamel website. VARIETALS 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah VINTAGE 2020 Download Tasting Note
2022 Lapostolle D’Alamel Sauvignon Blanc Reserva D’Alamel wines embody the outstanding growing conditions found in Chile, where they are born between the South Pacific ocean and the foothills of the Andes Mountains. These wines are named in honour of Cyril D’Alamel de Bournet, who co-founded Lapostolle Wine with his wife Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle. D’Alamel wines are the result of careful soil management, pruning, leaf pulling, and green harvests to ensure the right conditions for healthy vines that deliver their finest fruit year after year. D’Alamel wines use ecological bottles that are 14% lighter and made with recycled glass, and the raw ingredients used for the labels, boxes, and corks come from certified sustainable forests. Certified Carbon Neutral. For more info, visit Lapostolle D’Alamel website. VARIETALS 86% Sauvignon Blanc, 7% Semillon, 7% Sauvignon Gris VINTAGE 2022 Download Tasting Note
2020 Lapostolle Grand Selection Cabernet Sauvignon The Marnier Lapostolle family, founders and owners of the world-renowned liqueur Grand Marnier, has vineyards in three regions of Chile, the oldest plantings being 1920 in the southern Apalta Vineyard brought from France at the end of the 19th Century. Their mission is to capture the freshness of young and expressive fruit, bright and alive. These characteristics define the Lapostolle Grand Selection wines. This Grand Selection Cabernet Sauvignon has flavors of red fruits, strawberries and blackberries, with a concentrated and round palate. Certified Carbon Neutral. For more info, visit Lapostolle website. VARIETALS 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Syrah, 2% Grenache, 2% Petit Verdot VINTAGE 2020 Download Tasting Note
2020 Lapostolle Grand Selection Carménère Valle del Rapel is one of the few places where Carménère grows in ideal conditions. It is located in the central part of Chile and it exhibits a semi-arid Mediterranean climate with warm and dry days and pleasantly cool nights during the growing season, as a result of cold breezes coming from the Andes. Rapel has also a cool influence from the Pacificís Humboldt Current, which lowers temperatures in the coastal areas of the valley. This leads to warm days with ample sunlight and dry conditions, allowing a slow ripening period. Carménère is able to fully ripen but maintain all its fresh notes that are so unique to the variety. Certified Carbon Neutral. For more info, visit Lapostolle website. VARIETALS 85% Carménère, 5% Syrah, 5% Grenache, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc VINTAGE 2020 Download Tasting Note
2020 Lapostolle Grand Selection Merlot Valle del Rapel is located in the central part of Chile. It exhibits a semi-arid Mediterranean climate with warm and dry days and pleasantly cool nights during the growing season, as a result of cold breezes coming from the Andes. Rapel has also a cool influence from the Pacific’s Humboldt Current, which lowers temperatures in the coastal areas of the valley. This leads to warm days with ample sunlight and dry conditions, allowing a slow ripening period and maintain its natural acidity that is a characteristic of this elegant Merlot. 2020 was an extremely dry season in Chile, a mild winter with temperatures above average both in the maximum and in the minimal. This resulted in an extremely early season, where maturity come quickly and unevenly so selection was key, with higher levels of sugars, tannins and acidity surprisingly good. Certified Carbon Neutral. For more info, visit Lapostolle website. VARIETALS 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Syrah VINTAGE 2020 Download Tasting Note
2022 Lapostolle Grand Selection Sauvignon Blanc This Grand Selection Sauvignon Blanc comes from a very special area in Cachapoal, directly beneath the foothills of the Andes, and enhances the best fruit that Rapel Valley has to offer. The vines grow with the cold influence of the mountains and express all the minerality of the vineyards unique stony soil: Las Kuras means “stones” in the native language. The season started with a mild winter, mostly dry all through the season. A careful irrigation program was key and keeping a good canopy to protect the grapes in the vineyard, patiently wait for the perfect maturity. Certified Carbon Neutral. For more info, visit Lapostolle website. VARIETALS 100% Sauvignon Blanc VINTAGE 2022 Download Tasting Note
2015 Lapostolle La Parcelle 8 Vieilles Vignes Apalta After years of research and selection, Lapostolle is now launching a Single Vineyard wine from Apalta: Parcelle 8. It is a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon with extremely low yields., which ensures a lot of concentration in the wine. First commercially released wine from old-vine cabernet sauvignon, grown on its own rootstock with the vast majority from 1910. Originally made just for the owners to drink, James Suckling was the first to taste it first and immediately gave the Parcelle 8 a great score: 98/100 points. VARIETALS 100% Cabernet Sauvignon VINTAGE 2015 Download Tasting Note
2011 Lapostolle La Parcelle 8 Vieilles Vignes Apalta After years of research and selection, Lapostolle is now launching a Single Vineyard wine from Apalta: Parcelle 8. It is a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon with extremely low yields., which ensures a lot of concentration in the wine. First commercially released wine from old-vine cabernet sauvignon, grown on its own rootstock with the vast majority from 1910. VARIETALS 100% Cabernet Sauvignon VINTAGE 2011 Download Tasting Note
2018 Lapostolle Le Petit Clos de Clos Apalta In 2014, Clos Apalta gave birth to its second wine, Le Petit Clos de Clos Apalta, in order to offer a different interpretation of this unique terroir, using the same grapes, but in different proportion, and offering young vines a chance to prove their worth before thay can make it into the Grand Vin. 2018 vintage gave a generous production, healthy, of excellent flavor, with relatively moderate alcohol levels and more freshness. It will be remembered as one of the greatest cold vintages of the 21st century in Chile. “Le Petit Clos is a different interpretation of the Clos Apalta Terroir, using the mastery of blending that is the heart of the winemaking philosophy from the Domaines Bournet ”. – Jacques Begarie, Chief Winemaker. Made with Organic Grapes and Biodynamic vineyard management. For more info, visit Clos Apalta website. VARIETALS 53% Carmenère, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot VINTAGE 2018 Download Tasting Note
2022 Lapostolle Le Rosé Lapostolle Le Rosé is inspired on a provençal style, focused on bringing the most elegant and subtle expression of a rosé blend from Apalta vineyards. Lapostolle Le Rosé comes from our San José Estate located in the Apalta Valley, near the town of Santa Cruz, 170 Kilometers South West from Santiago. The 2022 season was undoubtedly a cooler season, but at the same time it had good conditions to wait for the maturity of the fruit in most of the varieties. Certified Carbon Neutral. For more info, visit Lapostolle website. VARIETALS 44% Cinsault, 38% Grenache, 12% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre VINTAGE 2022 Download Tasting Note
2021 Le Big Boss Cabernet Sauvignon Lussac-Saint-Émilion AOC Vignobles Lassagne gather several family properties that were bought since three generations and are grown according to tradition and innovation on unique terroir located in the Libourne area. Vignobles Lassagne encompasses these three properties: Château des Arnauds (the original estate), Château des Landes and Château Maltus, the latest addition to the Vignobles Lassagne. Le Big Boss is a cuvée in homage to all the winegrowers who love their terroirs and are driven by the passion of their profession. It is made exclusively from Cabernet-Sauvignon in organic conversion from 50 years old vines. For more info, visit Vignobles Lassagne website. VARIETALS 100% Cabernet Sauvignon VINTAGE 2021 Download Tasting Note
2018 Le Marquis de Calon Ségur Saint-Estèphe (Château Calon Ségur GCC 2nd wine) The estate’s Second Wine offers a different interpretation of the Calon terroir. Le Marquis de Calon Ségur is totally distinct from the First Wine, Château Calon Ségur Grand Cru Classé. “It benefits from a true expression of its own”, underlines Vincent Millet. “The plots are separated out from the beginning.” Le Marquis de Calon Ségur provides immediate enjoyment, warmth and a velvety texture. It is carefully aged generally for 17 months in oak barrels, a third of which are new. Deliciously easy-drinking, silky and expressive, its charm comes to the fore, while at the same time bringing to our minds the elegance of the Grand Vin. For more info, visit Château Calon Ségur website. VARIETALS 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot VINTAGE 2018 Download Tasting Note
2019 Le Monde Cabernet Franc Friuli DOC Cantina Le Monde is located in Friuli, within the famous Grave del Friuli area that extends from the foothills of the Alps to the Adriatic Sea. The origins of the estate that once owned the farmland can be traced back to the early 1700’s. The name ‘Le Monde’ is taken from the Germanic-Latin word “Mundio”, an ancient Germanic law that ‘protected’ the farmlands of the region. Cantina Le Monde ‘protects’ and safeguards its vineyards, farming in a healthy way, that respects nature and the sustainable future of ancient soils. The Cabernet Franc from Le Monde winery is a light and ready-to-drink red wine from Friuli with an excellent quality-price ratio, perfect for daily consumption. Certified sustainable. For more info, visit Le Monde website. VARIETALS 100% Cabernet Franc VINTAGE 2019 Download Tasting Note