Montes Purple Angel Apalta Vineyard Carmenere 2020 (750ml)
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Description
Montes Purple Angel Apalta Vineyard is a Carmenere from Chile's Colchagua Valley, in the Rapel region south of Santiago. The 2020 vintage captures the varietal's signature character: a dark, structured red wine with the ripeness and weight that Carmenere develops in warm, well-drained vineyard sites. This is the wine Chile built its modern reputation on, and it shows why.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | Red |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Rapel Valley |
| Subregion | Colchagua Valley |
| Varietal | Carmenere |
| Producer | Montes |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
A consistent Purple Angel that really delivers the carmenere’s plushness when ripened. (James Suckling, February 2023)
The 2020 Carménère Purple Angel contains an dash of Petit Verdot (8%), also from Apalta, Colchagua. It was aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 70% of them new. Purple in hue. The sun-kissed nose delivers plum and blackberry jam notes over nuanced layers of ash and spice against a balsamic backdrop. Indulgent and broad in the mouth. The expansive, voluminous palate is full of plummy flavor with a juicy flow and a lasting finish of ripe, fruity aromas. The warm year dialed up the sweetness. (Vinous, June 2023)