Lapostolle Cuvee Alexandre Carmenere 2023 - 750ml

93pts James Suckling

This bottling is quite consistent in quality and shows excellent balance. Fruitier than many previous vintages, with fine-grained tannins, juicy fruit and a lengthy finish. Drink now or hold.

91pts Vinous

The 2023 Carménère Cuvée Alexandre Lapostolle is 89% Carménère, 6% Syrah and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, all from Apalta. This aged for 13 months in second- and third-use 225-liter French oak barrels. It opens with red fruit, plum and ripe blackberry, with soft oak and gentle spice. What stands out is the restrained palate—elegant and finely grippy with a subtle cling, delivering the finesse of Chile in a warm year. Delicate pyrazines appear on the finish.

90pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Containing 6% Syrah and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2023 Cuvée Alexandre Carmenère introduces itself with a dark-fruited, plummy nose with a subtle herbal tint and graphite flourishes. The palate is lush yet silky and streamlined in profile, concluding with a long, elegantly structured finish of delineated tannins.

Wine Spectator

Lively and fruit-driven in style, with paprika accents to the ripe black cherry and plum core, plus mineral twinges that fold in on the finish. Drink now. 4,500 cases made, 1,200 cases imported.

Tasting Notes

Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carmenére boasts a complex nose with red and black fruit, spice, herbal, and vanilla aromas. Bright and vivid, it is harvested late in the season, producing a medium structure with juicy, round tannins.

Pair Carmenére with dishes such as rabbit or four-cheese pasta with grated truffles. Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carmenére can be cellared for several years.