2020 Clos Apalta 'Le Petit Clos' Valle de Colchagua

Winemaker Notes:  Bright red garnet with violet edges. Very intense nose with black fruit, herbs and black currant aromas. Red fruit aromas such as cherries and strawberry with spices and cedar notes. Round and elegant palate, followed with round and persistent tannins. with a dense and concentrated finish.

Blend: 40% Carménère, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot .

CRITICAL ACCLAIM


James Suckling - "A beautiful delivery of Petit Clos with spiced black cherries, cassis, olives and some red capsicums to the nose. Chalky tannins are densely packed on the medium- to full-bodied palate. Tight, structured and fine-grained. Very long."


Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "The second wine from Clos Apalta, the 2020 Le Petit Clos, was produced with the grapes from younger vines and in a different proportion than in the grand vins; it's a blend of 40% Carmenere, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot from their granite soils in the warm Apalta valley from a warm and ripe year. The wine has the lush and ripe signature, with 15% alcohol, decadent and showy, with a nose of violets and camphor, ripe berries, herbs and spices and integrated oak. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, with five to six weeks of maceration, manual punch-downs and malolactic in French oak barrels. The élevage was 26 months in 53% new oak and 47% second use oak. It has the velvety tannins from a warm vintage—fine-grained and abundant—with a long finish with a bitter twist."