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Indicative blend: Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
Price Range of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD
Average: $69
From: $63 To: $73
Search Rank 656
Over all vintages, this was the
656th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year.
Search rank last month: 579th
Score: 92.
The Wine-Searcher score of
92/100
is calculated from the following wine critic
scores:
| Critic | Score |
| Wine Spectator | 94/100 |
| CellarTracker | 92/100 (38 notes from 29 users ) |
| Jamie Goode | 91/100 |
Awards
| Award Organization | Award Year | Result | |
| Decanter World Wine Awards | 2004 | Silver | |
| Ripe, chewy blackcurrant fruit. Crowd pleaser. Balanced oak. Good level of concentration. Raunchy. | |||
Price History for 2001 Montes Alpha M
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Grape Variety: Bordeaux Blend Red
A Bordeaux Blend, at its most basic, is any combination of those grape varieties typically used to make the red wines of Bordeaux. The phrase, which seems to have originated with British wine merchants in the 19th Century, relates as much to wines made from the blend as to the grape-variety combination itself. Far from being an officially defined or legal term, it is almost never used for wine-labeling purposes (although it occasionally appears on back labels). Its equivalent in the United States is Meritage, which is not only legally defined, but also a registered trademark.
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Apalta wine region
Apalta is a small wine-growing sub-region of the Colchagua Valley in Chile, which is home to a number of highly sought-after wines. Located just north of the Tinguiririca river, which forms its southern boundary, Apalta is worthy of note because of its topography and resulting mesoclimate. Its vineyards are planted in a fertile horsehoe-shaped valley, sheltered on its northern, eastern and western sides by hills of around 2000ft (600m). The vines are well protected from weather fluctuations, yet still benefit from the cooling breezes which move between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. The Tinguiririca river also serves to moderate the temperatures, as well as providing Andean meltwater for irrigation.
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Colchagua Valley wine region
The Colchagua Valley is a wine-producing region in central Chile, constituting the southernmost portion of the larger Rapel Valley. The Cachapoal Valley, to the north, makes up the other half.
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