Clos Apalta - Prélude 2025 - Vallée de l'Apalta

Apalta benefits from a north-south exposure, which is quite rare in Chile. The Tinguiririca River flows to the south, while the hills of the Cordillera de la Côte surround the horseshoe-shaped vineyard. Apalta has very old soils, formed mainly during the Cretaceous period from granitic and granodioritic materials. On the hillsides, the soils contain well-decomposed cornerstones; they have a fine to moderate texture and rest on a clay subsoil. In the mid-slope areas and flatter sectors, colluvial deposits and older alluvium from the foothills and the river are found. The texture here is coarser (sandy to sandy-silty) and quartz gravels are also present. Drainage is excellent, and slopes vary from 2 to 15%.