Casa Lapostolle, Clos Apalta Vintage:2022 especially when you add in

especially when you add in the mature mouth feel and taste

Even inkier in color than the 2010

most of which is young vines of 15+ years though there is a parcel approximating 15% of the total with ~40 years of age)

Not really my style of wine

and graphite are just some of the nuances here

Casa Lapostolle, Clos Apalta Vintage:2022 especially when you add inThe 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