TASTING THE ‘STUNNING’ NEW SINGLE-VINEYARD CABERNET FROM LAPOSTOLLE

On March 23 James tasted a new single-plot cabernet sauvignon with Charles de Bournet of Chile’s Lapostolle and Clos Apalta.  de Bournet is exploring this concept from his vineyards that were planted in 1910 and plans to release several hundred cases. The wine is a stunner and highlights the unique terroir of the Apalta vineyard and it’s ungrafted, old vines. Bournet explained that La Parcelle 8 Vieilles Vignes is the original plot of vineyards of the winery that convinced his parents to develop their wine projects in Chile. And the Lapostolle Apalta La Parcelle 8 Vieilles Vignes 2015 is a late release showing beautiful drinkability now but lots of age-worthiness. “2018 was like a Christmas gift from Santa,” said winemaker Andrea Leon of Clos Apalta and Lapostolle who was also present on the Zoom call. “The 2018 was wonderful for us. We had a wet enough winter. Not too much or too little. We had a little bit of rain in the springtime to come along with the growth of the grape…it was really a wonderful harvest along with the 2005. The 2018 was everything that you could wish for to make wines that were fully ripe but have a lot of elegance and freshness.The wine tasting note is below.LAPOSTOLLE APALTA LA PARCELLE 8 VIEILLES VIGNES 2015Take a look at the Tasting Interview at https://www.jamessuckling.com/videos/lapostolle-new-cabernet/