Montes Purple Angel 2008
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Distinctive flavors of intense blueberry, blackberry and chocolate. Montes Purple Angel is layered, structured, and balanced. Intense purple in color, this wine has distinctive and delicate hints of chocolate and cigar box aromas. The Carmenère grapes from the Apalta estate provide elegance, spiciness, and dark fruit flavors. The Petit Verdot, also from Apalta, adds structure along with the wildness of black berries. Finally, the Carmenère from Marchigue –a cooler area – adds spicy and lively notes. This wine is full bodied, with a considerable amount of ripe tannins that bestow grip and structure to this lovely wine.
Wine Notes & Recommendations
- Grape Varieties
- 92% Carmenère and 8% Petit Verdot.
- Appellation
- Colchagua Valley, Chile.
- Aging
- 18 months in new French oak barrels.
- Yield of Vineyard
- 3.7 tons/hectare (1.9 tons per acre).
- Cellaring
- Cellaring potential is 10 years or more.
- Decanting
- One hour of decanting is recommended.
- Food Pairing
- Meat and game such as venison, boar, leg of lamb, and duck. It is also great with spicy, smoky flavored dishes such as grilled portobello mushroom or eggplant.

