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Purple Angel 2020
98 Points
jamessuckling.com
June 7, 2023

A consistent Purple Angel that really delivers the carmenere’s plushness when ripened well. Dark olives, blackberries and red chili chocolate with a splash of spice and cigar box. Fleshy and concentrated with plenty of fine-grained tannins that extend to a very creamy finish.

– James Suckling
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Purple Angel 2020
94 Points
VinousMedia.com
June 6, 2023

The 2020 Carménère Purple Angel contains an dash of Petit Verdot (8%), also from Apalta, Colchagua. It was aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 70% of them new. Purple in hue. The sun-kissed nose delivers plum and blackberry jam notes over nuanced layers of ash and spice against a balsamic backdrop. Indulgent and broad in the mouth. The expansive, voluminous palate is full of plummy flavor with a juicy flow and a lasting finish of ripe, fruity aromas. The warm year dialed up the sweetness.

– Joaquin Hidalgo
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Purple Angel 2019
93 Points
Wine Spectator
December 28, 2022

Opens with elegant details of plumeria and wet stone that fold over onto the palate, where lively acidity drives the clove-accented red currant and raspberry flavors, adding touches of vanilla bean and baker’s chocolate that persist and echo back the core flavors around fine tannins.

– Aaron Romano
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Purple Angel 2019
94 Points
VinousMedia.com
June 9, 2022

A long-lasting wine with a clear profile.

– Joaquin Hidalgo
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Purple Angel 2019
98 Points
jamessuckling.com
June 1, 2022

Consistently one of the best and most layered carmeneres from Chile and, indeed, the world. Intriguing Cuban cigar and roasted bay-leaf character to the blackcurrants, blackberries and exotic spices.

– James Suckling
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