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2013 Domaine Bournet-Lapostolle, Clos Apalta, Apalta
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Critics Scores
James Suckling
Fabulous dark berry, blueberry and fresh herb character. Full body, dense and layered with blackberry and chocolate. Hazelnut and dark fruit, too. Soft and pretty tannins with great intensity. A blend of 70 carmenere, 21 cabernet sauvignon, 7 merlot and 2 petit verdot. Drink or hold
Wine Enthusiast
Right away, aromas of spicy black fruits, balsam wood, clove and earth announce a special wine of extra high quality. In the mouth, this is ripe and concentrated (even for a cool year) and ideally balanced. Dark oaky spicy blackberry flavors finish flush, toasty and loaded. Drink through 2028.
Wine Spectator
Well-structured and powerful, with red raspberry and dark plum flavors supported by fresh acidity. Very lithe midpalate, showing plush accents of cinnamon and spice. Elegant finish. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2022. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The powerful 2013 Clos Apalta is a blend of 70 Carmenère, 21 Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 Merlot and 2 Petit Verdot. The grapes were hand-destemmed by 80 women and put to ferment in vats and barriques with native yeasts and aged in 100 new barrels for 28 months. There is more freshness in the 2013 vintage with some perfumed aromas under the thick layer of oak-related aromas of smoke, sweet spices and roasted coffee, quite spicy in the style of 2011. The palate shows abundant tannins and some dryness with a final taste that reminded me of cigar ash. Very faithful to the style of the bottling, with the compensating freshness of the cool year with more Cabernet (as all cool years).