Montes Folly Syrah 2005

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Winery:

Viña Montes

Varietal:

Syrah

Region:

Chile

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

Drink Now - 2020

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User Tags:  berry, color descriptors, deep, fruit, bramble fruits, resinous, black currant, typicity, meat, blackberry 

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What to Expect

Syrah: One of the few grapes to really be a global success. Syrah combines a meaty core of ripe berry fruit with tones that range from herbal to peppery in a package that tends to be medium bodied with good acidity and softer tannins. With age the wines can gain lovely leathery and black olive notes that make them a great match for savory and gamy dishes.

Winemakers Notes

Montes Folly is grown on the very highest slopes of Montes' "la Finca de Apalta" vineyard, in Apalta Valley, with an inclination exceeding 45° degrees. Denomination of Origin is Santa Cruz, within Colchagua. These high reaches are home to the superb grapes that become Montes Folly, Chile’s first ultra-premium Syrah. Yields are extremely low at less than 4 tons per hectare, with grapes and clusters that are much smaller and even more concentrated than in the vineyard’s lower slopes. As a result, they deliver more colour and tannins, making Montes Folly richly colored, read more...complex and powerful, with over 14% alcohol. Montes Folly’s blockbuster style and lingering finish attest to its pedigree. The wine itself has great density and structure with deep ruby red colour. There is a defined presence of mature dark fruits (berrie´s marmelade) and cassis with perfectly integrated vanilla notes (coming from the best selection of French new oak barrels). The wine is mouth filling, velvety and robust at the same time. In the mouth there are layers of ripe black fruit, black cherries and ripe plums, beautifully integrated with the smokiness typically from Syrah. This has become a cult wine.    (hide)

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