Bottle of Neyen Espíritu de Apalta, Colchagua Valley, Chile, old vine Carménère fine red wine

Neyen Espíritu de Apalta 2018

Neyen de Apalta

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blackcurrants | plum | liquorice

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Drew's Tasting Note

Rich cassis and chocolate with a hint of smoke on the nose. Luscious blackcurrant, plum, liquorice, and a pinch of cracked black pepper spice are on the palate. Mouth-filling with a generous length of flavour. A delicious Chilean red.

Producer: Neyen de Apalta | Vintage: 2018 | From: Apalta, Colchagua Valley, Chile | Alcohol: 13.4 | Size: 75cl | Style: full-bodied red, still, organic, vegan | Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère

Decanter World Wine Awards 2024 Bronze Medal, 87 points (2019 vintage)

The Winery

Neyen de Apalta occupies one of Chile's most remarkable vineyard sites, a natural crescent formed where the Andes and Coastal mountain ranges converge in the Apalta Valley, a sub-region of Colchagua that gained its own Denomination of Origin in 2018. The estate's vineyards are among the oldest in Chile, with Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1890 and Carménère added in 1936, both on pre-phylloxera, ungrafted rootstocks, which are exceptionally rare in the New World. Farmed organically and biodynamically, with all fruit harvested by hand, Neyen takes its name from a local word for the spirit of the valley, a fitting description for a winery so deeply rooted in its place.

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