Purple Angel By Montes Montes Purple Angel - 750 ml, $81.99
CARMENERE 92% PETIT VERDOT 8% D.O. VALLE DE COLCHAGUA, CHILE, CARMENERE TAKEN TO A NEW DIMENSION CARMENERE RESURFACED IN CHILE IN 1994, AFTER IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE EXTINCT WHEN PHYLLOXERA HIT BORDEAUX, ITS ORIGINAL HOME, IN 1880. IN CHILE, ITS ONLY PRODUCER AT THE MOMENT, WE CONSIDER IT OUR "CHILEAN VARIETY" AND CALL IT THE "JURASSIC PARK" GRAPE, RETURNED FROM EXTINCTION. MONTES PIONEERED THE CHILEAN WINE SCENE BY CREATING SUPER-PREMIUM WINES, INCLUDING THE MONTES ALPHA RANGE, AND ICONS SUCH AS MONTES ALPHA M AND MONTES FOLLY. MONTES ALSO LED THE WAY TO QUALITY BY PLANTING ON STEEP MOUNTAIN SLOPES. ALTHOUGH A PIONEER, MONTES ALSO KNOWS WHEN TO WAIT - AURELIO MONTES PREFERRED TO TAKE HIS TIME AND DEVELOP THE CARMENÈRE VARIETY WHEN HE WAS SATISFIED THAT IT COULD BE A TOP CONTENDER, THE VERY BEST MONTES COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT... THIS NEW BEAUTY (A BLEND OF 92% CARMENÈRE AND 8% PETIT VERDOT, WITH 18 MONTHS IN FRENCH OAK BARRELS) IS TOUCHED BY THE WINGS OF AN ANGEL... A PURPLE ANGEL PURPLE ANGEL, THE SUPER CARMENÈRE FROM MONTES., ESTATE BOTTLED, KOBRAND FINE WINE AND SPIRITS SINCE 1944, PURPLE ANGEL BY MONTES, PURPLE ANGEL CARMENÈRE TAKEN TO A NEW DIMENSION CARMENÈRE RESURFACED IN CHILE IN 1994
