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Ventisquero Vertice Apalta Vineyard Valle del Colchagua 2016 750 ML

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JS92 – James Suckling
This blend of carmenere and syrah shows plenty of blue fruit and blackberries with hints of lavender, too. Medium-to full-bodied, tight and chewy with an aftertaste of gun metal and dark berries.

RP91 – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

A red blend from Apalta in Colchagua, the 2016 Vertice Apalta Vineyard is always approximately the same percentage of each grape, and in the cool and rainy 2016 vintage, it comes through as very spicy with the Carmenere dominating the aromatics. I tasted this next to the 2017, two vintages that are very different, and the grapes were picked with a week of difference. This is 13.8% alcohol and has good freshness, a medium body and a lively mouthfeel. It’s linear and long. 30,000 bottles produced.

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Tasting Notes

Deep red with violet hues. The nose reveals black fruit, such as blackberries, intermingled with gentle spices, such as black pepper, damp earth, notes of native forest and a hint of graphite and soft spices.This wine has a rm structure and silky tannins. Its black fruit and spicy flavors, together with medium to high acidity lend it balance in the mouth and persistence in the finish.

This wine is superb paired with spicy food, such as Indian, Thai, Mexican and Spanish cuisine and other more complex dishes. It also goes well with semi-ripe cheese and strongly ?avoured meat such as wild boar and venison.

Blend: 51% Carmenere, 49% Syrah