Montes Purple Angel 2020, Do Valle De Colchagua
Carmenere
Colchagua Valley, Chile
$105.95 (62364)
Critic Reviews (4)
With Purple Angel hitting the $100 mark, carmenere becomes a bona fide collectible from Chile. What I most admire in...
Montes's 2020 purple Angel (92% Carmenere and 8% petit verdot) was aged 18 months in new French oak, though you'd be...
This is a beautifully integrated, expressive carmenère (with 8% petit verdot added to it). It envelops the palate in...
Five-ish months forward and the 2020 Purple Angel remains stoic, immovable and quite frankly in the most cool and...
Community Reviews (2)
Blend of 92% Carmenère and 8% Petit Verdot. The elegant, highly aromatic nose delivers complex black currant, pepper spice, cassis, herbaceous, grilled pepper, and oak spice aromas. The elegance continues on the slender, medium-full bodied palate with lovely, balanced aroma replays on the flavour profile which is supported by fresh, balanced acidity and elegantly refined and integrated tannins. Herbals, grilled pepper, oak spice, and currant notes linger on the finish, with excellent length. Tasted Sept. 2023.
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I went in expecting to be Bombarded by those Chilean and Carmenère (92%) trademarks but the 8% Petit Verdot balanced it out very well.
Lovely soft bell peppers on the nose along with red chilies, and violet. The bell pepper and chili also followed through on the tongue but were subtle just like the nose. Some raspberry, jam, blackberry, and cherry came along for the ride. Medium tannins, acidity, and finish. Lovely stuff