Lapostolle Borobo

Wine information: Lapostolle was founded by Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle and her husband Cyril de Bournet in 1994. The Marnier Lapostolle family, founders and owners of the world-renowned liqueur Grand Marnier is famous for producing spirits and liqueurs, but the family has also been involved in winemaking for generations. In creating Lapostolle, the family has pursued the same uncompromising approach to quality that made Grand Marnier a global success. Its objective is as simple as it is ambitious: to create world-class wines using French expertise and the superb terroirs of Chile Today, Lapostolle owns 370 hectares in three different vineyards and produce a total of 200.000 cases spread over Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenère, and Syrah. Lapostolle winery is located in the town of Cunaco, right next to Santa Cruz. It is the original winery, where Lapostolle was founded in 1994 and today it is here where both the Casa and Cuvée Alexandre wines are produced. With a traditional Chilean old hacienda style, it has a production capacity of 3,300,000 litres in stainless steel and French oak tanks, and more than 3.500 French Oak Barrels. After many years of hard work at Lapostolle, they finally completed the organic certification process for all our three vineyard properties. On September 30, 2011, the registered and accredited German-based environmental certification company CERES – Certification of Environmental Standards – authorized all Lapostolle estates in compliance with Chilean, North American, and European required standard. Today all three of Lapostolle's estates – Atalayas, Las Kuras and Apalta – do not use any artificial fertilizers, chemical pesticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators or genetically modified organisms. Instead they have integrated animals, bees, organic compost, recycling and the proper treatment of water, among many other tactics, to fulfill our vineyard management and winemaking duties. Lapostolle have just release the Cuvée Alexandre Syrah Los Kuras 2009, the inaugural wine from the portfolio to be officially certified “Made with Organic Grapes" .

Borobo is a blend of Bordeaux, Rhone and Burgundy varietals and takes its name from the famous French regions (‘BO’ from Bordeaux, ‘RO’ from Rhone and ‘BO’ from Bourgogne) from where the classic grapes used within the blend originated. The wine is blended from Casa Lapostolle's Apalta Vineyards, Casablanca Vineyards and Requinoa Vineyards. The blend is 35% Syrah from Las Kuras Vineyard in Requinoa, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon from Apalta Vineyard, 20% Carmenere from Apalta Vineyard in Apalta, 15% Pinot Noir from Atalayas Vineyard in Casablanca and 10% Merlot from Apalta Vineyard in Apalta.

Tasting Notes: Lapostolle Borobo is deep red ruby with purple hints. The nose is elegant, rich and complex with a rare balance where the unique mix of red fruit, violets and notes of cassis and black fruits. The oak adds complexity with nutmeg, vanilla and sweet spices notes. The palate is soft and concentrated, with a beautiful freshness that gives a balance and a dimension of this unique composition of flavours followed by a long and elegant finish.

Reviews: 89 points Wine Spectator.

 
     

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