2004 / 05 Montes ALPHA FOLLY (Super Premium Range) Colchagua Valley Chile
Name:
Montes ALPHA FOLLY (Super Premium Range) Colchagua Valley Chile - 2004 / 05
Where it's from:
>Chile
>Curico
Price per case:
£222.25
Bottle size:
75 cl
Bottles per case:
6
Style:
Soft & Supple Reds
Grapes:
Syrah (Shiraz)
Description:
Handsome ruby-red colour. Outstanding fruit, with a noseful of red berries, black cherry, black pepper, hints of tobacco. These elements come through on the palate, revealing a full-bodied wine. In mid-palate it is round and velvety with an added touch of vanilla and toast, followed by a long and smooth finish. Very, very elegant. Aged in French oak. Montes Alpha was the first of the premium Chilean wines. Initially only Cabernet was available, but the range has expanded to include both Chardonnay and Merlot. All the wines exhibit concentration, elegance and sophistication, and come from very old, low-yielding, ungrafted vines with pre-phylloxera rootstocks. The wines are made by Aurelio Montes, one of the most respected of all the Chilean winemakers, who has just released the first super-premium wine from Chile, Montes Alpha "M".
