This is Purple Angel, the top Carmenere from Montes, first launched in 2005. I had this wine in the tasting of Bordeaux Grapes in South America in March last year. I hadn't realized that it was one of Montes "Icon" wines, until I was looking up Montes Folly to blog about that. This is their top Carmenere wine (to which a soupcon of Petit Verdot has been added), 50% sourced from the sunny Apalta vineyards for elegance and 50% from the cooler coastal Marchigue Estate for strength and concentration. The wine undergoes 18 months aging in new French oak barrels. Showing a deep purple rim with a dark core, the 2009 vintage (above) had a rich berry nose, with sweet oaky fruit and acid abundant on the palate, all well supported by a sweet acid backbone.
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