Clos Apalta Le Petit Clos 2020

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"A beautiful delivery of Petit Clos with spiced black cherries, cassis, olives and some red capsicums to the nose. Chalky tannins are densely packed on the medium- to full-bodied palate. Tight, structured and fine-grained. Very long."
James Suckling: 95/100

"Le Petit Clos is the house’s second wine. This year’s blend is 95% cabernet sauvignon, plus 4% merlot, and 1% carménère, all from the Apalta vineyards in the Colchagua Valley. This wine was originally destined for Clos Apalta, but after a year in new barrels, they decide which bottles will go into Clos Apalta (especially for its aging potential) and which will be set aside for Petit. The wine is later removed from the barrels and left in a combination of foudres, barrels, and tanks for another year before bottling. This new version has a delicious base of ripe red fruits, spices, and floral tones in a blend that is supported by firm tannins and delicate but tense acidity. A wine for the cellar."
Descorchados: 94/100

"The second wine from Clos Apalta, the 2020 Le Petit Clos, was produced with the grapes from younger vines and in a different proportion than in the grand vins; it's a blend of 40% Carmenere, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot from their granite soils in the warm Apalta valley from a warm and ripe year. The wine has the lush and ripe signature, with 15% alcohol, decadent and showy, with a nose of violets and camphor, ripe berries, herbs and spices and integrated oak. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, with five to six weeks of maceration, manual punch-downs and malolactic in French oak barrels. The élevage was 26 months in 53% new oak and 47% second use oak. It has the velvety tannins from a warm vintage—fine-grained and abundant—with a long finish with a bitter twist."
Robert Parker: 93/100