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2006 Montes Limited Selection Apalta Vineyard
Red Blend
- Chile
- Rapel Valley
- Colchagua Valley
Label borrowed from 2010
Community Tasting Notes 3
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owr wrote: 85 points
June 3, 2013 - The purpose of this column is to discover wines at various stages of their lifespan: some have over-shot their mark, some are too early in their life and other are exactly where they need to be (reached their fullest potential). If you want to enjoy wine you have to be willing to accept the good with the bad. All this is preamble to a so-so bottle of Montes 2006 Limited Selection Cabernet Sauvignon/Carmenere, a 70/30 blend from Chile. I have tasted this wine at better stages in its life ... now some 7 years from vintage date things are a little drier than the fruit forward wine I remember. The nose is dried mint with clove and dried blackberries. The palate is all over the place, in both good and bad ways. Dried mint shows, as it does on the nose, along with the dried blackberries, cassis and saliva-sucking tannins ... the finish is an interesting blend of cassis, mint, cedar, and pencil shavings with some clove and anise thrown in for seasoning. Missed the sweet spot of this wine? For sure, but it's an interesting older wine that deserved to be discovered in this state.
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Greg_O wrote: 86 points
June 6, 2009 - Oak was too much for my palate.
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wyldshaman wrote: 89 points
February 28, 2008 - Deep purple color. Nose of Cherries, Blackberries and a hint of mint at the end. Starts mellow, with nice fruit on the mid-palate and strong tannins give it a long finish.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2006
- Type Red
- Producer Montes
- Varietal Red Blend
- Designation Limited Selection
- Vineyard Apalta Vineyard
- Country Chile
- Region Rapel Valley
- SubRegion Colchagua Valley
- Appellation n/a
- UPC Code 715126600026
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 11 (26%)
- Consumed 31 (74%)
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