Casa Lapostolle, Clos Apalta Vintage:2022 Even inkier in color than

Even inkier in color than the 2010

There is good richness to the supple

Not really my style of wine

A broadranging and wonderfully elegant array features notes of spice

13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc

Casa Lapostolle, Clos Apalta Vintage:2022 Even inkier in color thanThe 2017 Clos Apalta is the 20th vintage of this wine that was produced with a blend of 48% Carmenere, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot from organic and biodynamic certified vineyards on granite soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts for four to five weeks, with manual punch down of the cap, mostly in 7,500 liter French oak vats and 18% in new French barrique. Malolactic was in new French oak barrels, and the levage lasted