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Casa Lapostolle Cuvee Alexandre Merlot(2001)
- Winery:
- Casa Lapostolle
- Varietal:
- Merlot
- Region:
- Chile > Central Valley > Rapel Valley > Colchagua Valley
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- berry, fruit, oak, resinous, bramble fruits, stone fruits, blackberry, dark chocolate, dark fruit, red grape
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June 2007
- Deep, dense red ruby color. Complex and attractive nose of blackberries and cherries. Notes of black chocolate, black pepper and toast.This wine has a full palate with explosive richness, fleshy cassis and black cherry fruit, and nicely, integrated oak. Smooth tannins give this vintage of Cuvee Alexandre Merlot a solid and well-structured frame, finishing with character. The wine can be enjoyed now, but will gain in complexity and harmony with appropriate cellaring. Heavy on the toast, with bacon and vanilla dominating the jammy raspberry and blackberry fruit. It's fleshy and ripe, read more...
- Wine & Spirits Magazine
- 92/100
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June 2007
