BRAND : MONTES PURPLE ANGEL
YEAR : 2007
TYPE :
PLACE : CHILE
PRICE : RM318
DESCRIPTION : CARMENERE RESURFACED IN CHILE ONLY ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, AFTER BEING BELIEVED EXTINCT SINCE PHYLLOXERA HIT BORDEAUX, ITS ORIGINAL HOME, AROUND 1880. IN CHILE, ITS SOLE HOME AT THE MOMENT , WE CONSIDER IT OUR "CHILEAN VARIETY" AND CALL IT THE "JURASSIC PARK" GRAPE, RETURNED FROM EXTINCTION.
MONTES PIONEERED THE CHILEAN WINE SCENE BY CREATING SUPER-PREMIUM WINES, INCLUDING THE MONTES ALPHA RANGE, AND ICONS SUCH AS MONTES ALPHA M AND MONTES FOLLY . MONTES ALSO LED THE WAY TO DUALITY BY PLANTING ON STEEP MOUNTAIN SLOPES. BUT MONTES, CHILE'S WINE PIONEER, ALSO KNOWSWHEN TO WAIT - AURELIO MONTES PREFERRED TO TAKE HIS TIME AND DEVELOP THE CARMENERE VARIETY UNTIL HE WAS SATISFIED THAT IT COULD BE A TOP CONTENDER, THE VERY BEST MONTES COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE,. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT ...THIS NEW BEAUTY (A BLEND OF 92% CARMENERE AND 8% PETIT VERDOT , WITH 18 MONTHS IN NEW FRENCH AND AMERICAN OAK BARRELS)IS TOUCHED BY THE WINGS OF AN ANGEL... A PURPLE ANGEL
PURPLE ANGEL , THE SUPER CARMENERE , FROM MONTES
CHILEAN RED WINE
D.O.COLCHAGUA VALLEY, CHILE
ALC15% VOL 750ML
ALC 13% VOL 750M
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