2019 Montes "Folly" Apalta Syrah

95 Points from Decanter Magazine: "Montes Folly is one of Chile's benchmark wines, and sets the bar for Syrah from Apalta which has now become the region’s calling card. Opens with a seductive nose of exotic spice, fresh black pepper and a dense core of black fruit and smoked meat, and leads through to a rich wine with an almost chocolate-like silkiness and density. A wine for hedonists." (1/4/23)

93 Points from Vinous: "The 2019 Syrah Folly from D.O. Apalta, Colchagua, was aged for 14 months in one-third new French barrels. Purple in the glass, with a complex nose of ripe blackberry and raspberry aromas, a layer of coconut and hints of pepper and cedar, it’s full and intense in the mouth, offering a mildly fresh flow framed by the oak. The tannins are quite insistent before the lovely finish." (June 2022)

92 Points from Wine Spectator: "This bold red has a garrigue and fresh nutmeg cast, with a potent core of blueberry and blackberry. Picks up spiced pastry and rich milk chocolate notes on the finish, which linger around suave tannins. Drink now through 2030. 3,000 cases made, 250 cases imported." (4/30/23) 

92 Points from Wine Enthusiast Magazine: "This starts with a spicy nose that features hints of aniseed, cinnamon and cassis. It has depth and silky tannins. The wine's balanced mouthfeel shows flavors of mulberry, plum, and oak spices and notes of Mediterranean herbs that end in a long finish." (12/31/23)