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Clos Apalta
• Located in Colchagua, Rapel Valley
This premium cuvée, a blend of Merlot, Carmènere and Cabernet Sauvignon, has won a number of international awards and accolades. The gravity process at the new winery begins with the hand-harvested and 100% hand de-stemmed fruit, which is crushed and naturally passed downwards for fermentation. Fermentation occurs in 21 small French wooden vats, each corresponding to a specific parcel of Apalta grapes, enabling the personality of the terroir to be enhanced in each case. Two years of ageing occurs in two underground barrel cellars, which provide perfect humidity and a naturally cool cellaring environment. The wines are then bottled and either released onto the market or sent to join the wine library at the deepest level underground.
• Vines are ungrafted which allows vegetative multiplication
• 50 to 80 yr old vines in Apalta total 144 hectares
• In all the most prestigious vineyards in Chile
• Pruning: double Guyot
• Leaf removal at least 2 months before harvest
• Cluster thinning to obtain at the most 5'000 kgs per hectare
• 6'000 vines per hectare (Requinoa 4'000 vines)
• 5 to 6 bunches per vine (less for younger vines: max. 1 kg )
• Hand picking
• Hand separation
• Subtle use of barrels (4000 barrels)