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CASA LAPOSTOLLE Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley 2005 96 / $75 5,987 cases made When Alexandra Marnier-Lapostolle toured the vineyards of Chile in the early 1990s, she was particularly intrigued by the potential of Apalta, a small crescent-shaped subvalley in the center of the Colchagua Valley.

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