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Wine · South America Red

Montes, Classic Series Merlot

Pay online, pick up at the shop, 2690 Broadway. Ready in about 2 hours during pickup hours. Orders placed after 5:30 PM (4:30 PM on Sunday) are ready the next day from 10:30 AM (11:30 AM Sunday).

The tasting card

From the label

Read off the bottle in our own photograph.

Vintage on the label

2021

Alcohol

14%

Size on the label

750 ML

Importer

Kobrand Corporation, Purchase, NY

From the tech sheet

Printed for the 2021 vintage by the producer (monteswines.com). A figure the sheet repeats word for word from another year is left out.

pH

3.59

Residual sugar

2.79 g/L

Tasting note

With a ruby-red colour, the wine has a nose dominated by primary fruit, including fresh red berries and black plum. There are also notes of sweet spice, and thanks to the 8 months in French oak, very delicate aromas of vanilla, mocha, and nuts. The palate is balanced and smooth, with medium body and a long finish.

From the producer's own tech sheet for the 2021 vintage, in its own words.

Winemaking

From the producer's tech sheet for the 2021 vintage. Only what the sheet prints.

The producer suggests

Highly recommended with slow-cooked beef with french fries, filet of beef “a lo pobre” (with onions, french fries, and a fried egg), Valencian paella, cannelloni, and lasagne.

The producer's drinking window

Can be enjoyed now or cellared for up to 6 years.

About this bottle

Full notes are coming soon. We only publish what we can confirm from the producer or the bottle itself, so this page grows as we check it. Ask us in the shop, or ask Chaz, our AI sommelier, at the bottom of the page.