Bottle of Neyen de Apalta Primus The Blend, Colchagua Valley, Chile, Bordeaux blend red wine

Primus The Blend 2019

Neyen de Apalta

Try if you like Saint-Estèphe

plum | black cherries | dark chocolate

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Drew's Tasting Note

Rich, spicy black fruits and dark chocolate on the nose. Masses of plum, black cherry and blackcurrants with cracked black pepper, rich dark chocolate, hints of tobacco and liquorice, and soft silky vanilla oak. A tremendously long finish.

Producer: Neyen de Apalta | Vintage: 2019 | From: Apalta, Colchagua Valley, Chile | Alcohol: 14.0 | Size: 75cl | Style: full-bodied red, still, organic, vegan | Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carménère, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc

Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 Bronze Medal, 88 points (2020 vintage)

The Winery

Primus takes its name from the Latin for "first", referencing its pioneering role as Chile's first wine to blend Carménère, the country's adopted national grape, with Cabernet Sauvignon. Produced at the Neyen de Apalta estate in the Colchagua Valley, the range sits alongside the flagship Neyen wine as part of a portfolio with deep roots in the region. Under winemaker Rodrigo Soto, the estate has farmed organically since 2017, with biodynamic conversion the next step in that journey.

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