Lapostolle Borobó

Lapostolle, Borobó, 750 ml
Variety: Assemblage
Viña Lapostolle, Colchagua Valley
Composition: 50% Carménère, 18% Pinot Noir, 16% Merlot, 13% Syrah and 3% Petit Verdot
Vintage: 2011
Oenologist: Casa Lapostolle winemaking team

Pairing:  A brilliant wine, ideal companion for game and lamb well seasoned dishes. Serve at 16ºC to 18°C (60°F to 64°F).

Tasting notes:

Colour: Borobó shows intense red colour with purple shades.
Aromas: The nose, elegant and layered with aromas of red and black fruit. When opens delivers sweet spices, well integrated and complex.
Palate: Elegant and expressive fruit with velvety tannins and nice texture; long persistence finish in the palate.

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Several terroirs have been present in the Lapostolle Borobó blend. Las Kuras Vineyard in Cachapoal (Syrah), Apalta Vineyard in Colchagua (Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère and Merlot) and Atalayas Vineyard in Casablanca (Pinot Noir).the composition of the blend usually is 50% Carménère from Apalta Vineyard; 18% Pinot Noir from Atalayas Vineyard; 16% Merlot from Apalta Vineyard; 13% Syrah from Las Kuras Vineyard and 3% of Petit Verdot from Apalta Vineyard.

Borobó is a hand-crafted and hand-harvested at night, not only to enhance the fruit used to make wine, but also to help reduce the use of energy at the winery, since there is no need for additional cooling in the cellar. The grapes are 100% hand destemmed at Clos Apalta Winery so we maintain complete control of the quality. We fill our French oak tanks by gravity. Then nature does its work, allowing native yeasts that slowly ferment the must into wine with temperature control less than 28°C. Manual pigeages during the fermentation and skin contact is done depending on the variety. We rack the young new wine straight into French oak barrels by gravity. Malolactic fermentation happens in barrels, where the wine stays for 23 months, ageing patiently. The wine is bottled by gravity without any treatment or filtration.