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Montes Malbec Reserve(2004)
- Winery:
- Viña Montes
- Varietal:
- Malbec
- Region:
- Chile > Central Valley > Rapel Valley > Colchagua Valley
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- oak, resinous, smooth, red grape, malbec, red, romanian cheese, drink now, juicy, fruit
- 2000
Other Vintages
- Guide to Viña Montes
- Learn about Malbec wines
- Guide to Colchagua Valley's wines
- Guide to Chile's wines
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Description:
Nice and intense ruby red color. In the mouth it’s appealing fruitiness combined with the plumy
and blackberry hints, makes this wine a very good example of the potential of Colchagua valley.
It’s slight spiciness is totally integrated with the hints of vanilla that comes from the oak aging.
A full-bodied wine, with ripe tannins and voluptuous mid-palate and a long, very enjoyable, finish.
Denomination of Origin:
Colchagua Valley.
Oak Aging:
Six months in American oak.
Filtering:
One earth filtration read more...and one pad filtration prior to bottling.
Yield of Vineyard:
9 tons per hectare (about 3.6 tons per acre).
Grape Variety:
Malbec 100%
Cellaring Recommendations:
Up to 5 years.
Recommended Serving Temperature:
17º to 18ºC.
Decanting:
Recommended 30 minutes decanting before drinking. (hide)
Nice and intense ruby red color. In the mouth it’s appealing fruitiness combined with the plumy
and blackberry hints, makes this wine a very good example of the potential of Colchagua valley.
It’s slight spiciness is totally integrated with the hints of vanilla that comes from the oak aging.
A full-bodied wine, with ripe tannins and voluptuous mid-palate and a long, very enjoyable, finish.
Denomination of Origin:
Colchagua Valley.
Oak Aging:
Six months in American oak.
Filtering:
One earth filtration read more...and one pad filtration prior to bottling.
Yield of Vineyard:
9 tons per hectare (about 3.6 tons per acre).
Grape Variety:
Malbec 100%
Cellaring Recommendations:
Up to 5 years.
Recommended Serving Temperature:
17º to 18ºC.
Decanting:
Recommended 30 minutes decanting before drinking. (hide)
- November 2007
-
No written review
- JM
- Wine Spectator
- 10/15/05
- 85/100
-
October 2005


