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Montes Purple Angel 2007

Carmenere Carmenere
Colchagua Valley, Chile

$59.95 (62364)

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93 pts
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August 06, 2011

Critic Reviews (2)

David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

This the second pass through Vintages for the terrific 2007 Purple Angel, a delicious, rich, full bore and poised red...

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

The now-iconic Purple Angel carmenere delivers here in the '07 vintage a wine of big, impressive concentration, chalk...

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Community Reviews (6)

Bryan McCaw
Bryan McCaw

In my heaven, the angels are purple.

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Dan Trcka
Dan Trcka

The 2007 Montes Purple Angel, composed of 92% Carmenere and 8 % Petit Verdot that was aged in new French Oak barrels for 18 months, is a medium to full bodied, integrated wine, with intense aromas of blackberry, blueberry, cedar, oak and green pepper on the nose and blackberry, oak, vanilla and coconut on the palate. It has refined tannins (decant for 30 min +) and a long to extra long finish. Drink with a meal if desired, but this wine is meant to be enjoyed by itself. My impression: BEAUTIFUL, 92-93 pts. Tasted Sept/12.

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Alex Zanella
Alex Zanella

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July 2011

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Steve Elder
Steve Elder

Sat on this for a few years to see what would emerge -- very impressive wine with depth, complexity and a finesse I did not expect. Still very deep ruby, and nose very ripe. Full bodied, with the tannins ripe and nice use of oak. The only thing I'd say is that I would not have guessed this as carménère -- I amost missed the green flavours.

One last note: absurdly heavy bottle. Actually weighed it -- over 1 kg! More than double a standard bottle. To me, has the opposite effect of that intended: makes me less likely to buy again.

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Paul Forget
Paul Forget

An impressive wine to be sure, very catchy label, big and heavy bottle, deep purple color with robust texture and flavours. This wine opens up with aromas of black cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate, tobacco, spices and burnt wood notes. On the mouthfeel, full bodied with alcohol coming in at 15%, low acidity and chewy tannins. This wine as medium length on the finish with concentrated dark fruit and toasty oak flavours. This wine got better as the evening continued, decanting would have been a good idea. My verdict, it needs another 2-3 years to shed some of its oak, to soften the texture and acquire more sophistication, finesse and complexity. An interesting and enjoyable wine but I am not sure it represents good value, score

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Jason LeBlanc
Jason LeBlanc

Tight and hot, I don’t really get carmeniere so that may be the reason

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