Clos Apalta Lapostolle – The 2024 Golden Vine® Fine Wine & Experience Online Auction Lot

Aug 5

Summary

Ultimate 2-night Chilean Experience: two Jeroboams (3L) of the estate’s signature wine, Clos Apalta 2003 & 2004 (from ungrafted, pre-Phylloxera vines) signed by owner, Charles-Henri de Bournet; 2-nights in the luxurious Relais & Châteaux Estate villas with a VIP tour, tasting, and fine wine dinner featuring historical back-vintages hosted by owner, Charles-Henri de Bournet for up to 8 guests (4 couples).

Region

Colchagua Valley

Country

Chile

Estimate

£12,500 - £20,000

Lot Components

Fine Wine /Rare Spirit Bottles ✓

Experience ✓

Estate Visit ✓

Vineyard Visit ✓

Tasting ✓

Social Occasion ( Dinner) ✓

Overnight (2-Night) Stay ✓

The Fine Wine

1 Clos Apalta, 3L, 2003 and 1 Clos Apalta, 3L, 2004. Clos Apalta is a wine estate in the Apalta Valley, a sub-region of Colchagua, Chile. It was founded in 1994 by the Bournet Lapostolle family; their first vintage was 1997. Charles-Henri de Bournet Marnier Lapostolle has led the property as CEO since 2013. Michel Rolland has been the winemaking consultant here since the beginning.

The 60-hectare vineyard is laid out in an amphitheatre, largely facing southeast. There are a lot of old vines here, with an average age of 80 years old. The oldest vines date back to 1915-1920. The vineyard has been certified organic since 2009. The wines here are red Bordeaux blends. Carmenère is the signature grape variety here, along with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot. There are two wines produced: Clos Apalta and a second wine called Le Petit Clos.

The Experience

2-nights in the luxurious Relais & Chateaux Estate villas with a VIP tour, tasting, and dinner hosted by owner, Charles-Henri de Bournet for up to 8 guests (4 couples).

The Estate

One of the oldest vineyards of Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère in Chile, if not in the world, is the origin of this story. Tucked away in the Colchagua Valley, near the town of Santa Cruz, the Apalta Valley was the place selected by a visionary in the 1910s who planted this amazing vineyard using a unique French massal selection. Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle and her husband Cyril de Bournet acquired this property in 1994. Clos Apalta was born in 1997 as the flagship wine of the Domaines Bournet-Lapostolle in Chile. The aim was to maximise the potential of the exceptional Apalta terroir by using French expertise. Shaping the vineyard foot by foot, building a state-of-the-art gravity fed winery, the family succeeded in making Clos Apalta one of the most iconic wines in South America. Recognized as ‘Wine of the Year’ when its 2005 vintage was chosen Top 1 by Wine Spectator magazine, Clos Apalta is the only South American wine that has received this award. In addition, the 2000 and 2001 vintages were also rated as Top 3 and Top 2 respectively in the same magazine. With the exceptional 2017 vintage, Clos Apalta was awarded, for the third time, 100 points by famed American journalist and wine critic James Suckling, consolidating its position in the ‘Legends of Chile’. Currently the team behind Clos Apalta is led by the son of the founders, Charles de Bournet.

Terms & Conditions

Please use experience by December 31st, 2025.

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