Winery Santa Rita - Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Winery Santa RitaFloresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Santa Rita is a red wine from the region of Rapel Valley of Central Valley.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from the Winery Santa Rita

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Santa Rita in the region of Central Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Santa Rita in the region of Central Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Santa Rita's Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2013
In the top 100 of of Rapel Valley wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2012
In the top 100 of of Rapel Valley wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2011
In the top 100 of of Rapel Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2010
In the top 100 of of Rapel Valley wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2009
In the top 100 of of Rapel Valley wines
Average rating: 2.7110.500
Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2008
In the top 100 of of Rapel Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2007
In the top 100 of of Rapel Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Floresta Apalta Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Winery Santa Rita are 2011, 2008, 2005, 2004 and 2007.

Informations about the Winery Santa Rita

The winery offers 280 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This winery is part of the Santa Rita.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Rapel Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Santa Rita is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 193 wines for sale in the of Rapel Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Central Valley
In the top 800 of of Chile wines
In the top 200 of of Rapel Valley wines
In the top 35000 of red wines
In the top 50000 wines of the world

The wine region of Rapel Valley

Rapel Valley is a large wine-producing region in Chile's Central Valley. Made up of the Colchagua and Cachapoal valleys, the area produces roughly a quarter of all Chilean wine. The Warm, Dry region makes a wide range of wine styles, ranging from everyday wines to some of Chile's most expensive and prestigious offerings. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Carmenère are the most important grape varieties planted here.


The wine region of Central Valley

The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of Volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles (400km) and covers a number of Climate types. The Central Valley wine region is easily (and often) confused with the geological Central Valley, which runs north–south for more than 620 miles (1000km) between the Pacific Coastal Ranges and the lower Andes.

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The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).

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