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Montes Alpha M(2000)
- Winery:
- Viña Montes
- Varietal:
- Bordeaux Blend
- Region:
- Chile > Central Valley > Rapel Valley > Colchagua Valley
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- red grape, berry, poultry, resinous, oak, roast dishes, meat, cabernet sauvignon, finish - long, red meat
Description: Rich and deep in color, intense character, elegant, with hints of tobacco,
perfect integration of fruit with oak, soft and solid tannins. A very classy high standard quite
French-Medoc style.
Denomination of Origin: Santa Cruz Valley, Apalta single estate.
Oak Aging: 18 months in all new French oak.
Filtering: All our wines, especially the ALPHA line, have very light filtering, avoiding over processing.
Yield of Vineyard: 3.5/4 Tons/Ha.
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 80% + Cabernet Franc 10% + Merlot 5% and Petit Verdot 5%.
Cellaring read more...
perfect integration of fruit with oak, soft and solid tannins. A very classy high standard quite
French-Medoc style.
Denomination of Origin: Santa Cruz Valley, Apalta single estate.
Oak Aging: 18 months in all new French oak.
Filtering: All our wines, especially the ALPHA line, have very light filtering, avoiding over processing.
Yield of Vineyard: 3.5/4 Tons/Ha.
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 80% + Cabernet Franc 10% + Merlot 5% and Petit Verdot 5%.
Cellaring read more...
- Decanter
- 4/5
-
May 2008
- Young and tannic at the moment, though cassis and black fruit flavours will appear in time.
- Jancis Robinson
- 18/20
-
May 2008
- Intense scents of something like violets and tealeaves (not unlike vintage port smells). There is spice, oak and an awful lot of winemaking in here. Any slight lack of concentration has been artfully disguised with a great array of flavours. The most alcoholic vintage to date, at 14.5 per cent.
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June 2007
- MONTES ALPHAM is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (80%), Merlot (10%) and Cabernet Franc (10%) which enhances the elegance of the first variety, and is in total harmony with the softness of the second and austerity of the third. The wine is an intense multi-hued ruby red with an aroma redolent of berries. The red fruit with notes of black pepper and spices blends harmoniously when aged over one year in French oak barriques that contribute subtle vanilla tones. On the palate, it is perfectly balanced, full-bodied and superbly voluptuous on the mid-palate with a rewarding, lingering after taste of read more...
- JM
- Wine Spectator
- 09/30/02
- 93/100
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September 2002
