Neil Valenzuela

9.6

Winemaker Jesse Katz knocks Malbec out of the park! Deep purple, inky color. Aromas of plum, blueberry, lavender and cocoa. Incredible flavors of black and blue fruit, chocolate, tobacco and spice finish.

🏅99 Points - International Wine Report
🏅95 Points - Robert Parker — 3 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

92 is rounding up a bit.

A couple things before notes. I have had other Heidi wines but not hers & Bo’s. Just wasn’t feeling retail-ish on the B&B, nor had anyone open one for me. This surfaced at just under half price. So, time to check this Heidi box.

This is a 2017; which many shied away from. Hence, the buy at half price. I would have said in my two coravined previous tastings on different nights, the fruit was nice and it still is nice. However, in getting to the bottom 1/3 of the bottle, it has taken on some additional depth & character. I imagine still not as much depth & character as their better vintages.

The nose shows some nice candied florals and mid fruits with a dark core. Some smoke (it is not smoke taint as they finished harvesting on 10/3 and the Tubbs & Atlas fires started 10/8) dry tobacco, new leather, oak, dry herbs, darker cola, moist volcanics & clay, withering dark & red flowers.

The palate is definitely one of the drier Napa Cabernets I’ve had lately. Feels like it leaves dry oak powder all over your mouth. M+ dry tannins. The fruits are bright & ripe; blackberries, black raspberries, plum, some purple fruits, lean strawberries & cherries. Smoke, dry tobacco, new leather, oak, dark spice, leaner baking spices profile, a bit of dark chocolate baking bar, dry herbs, darker cola, moist volcanics & clay, dry topsoil, dry limestone powder, black tea, dry tree bark w/ a touch of sap, withering dark & red flowers, acidity is sound-ish, it just ticks the box of balanced, tension & structure is solid, finishes short-under a minute and a little thin in the mid palate, some elegance and lands on oak, earthiness & spice.

It’s still early on this and there is room for improvement with some more evolution & integration but don’t believe this 2017 will ever live up to its winery price point. — 10 months ago

K Brooks

8.9

Quite nice Syrah with Swedish meatballs & cream sauce ($13) — 4 years ago

Ashley Gainer Slade

9.0

Bold up front. Disappears on the back end. Heavier beef stock type flavor to it. Not too fruity. We enjoyed this one and it was easy to drink. -2018 vintage — 5 years ago

Mitchell Usis

9.0

Sweet and slightly heavy, with a good vanilla taste — 5 years ago

Chris England

9.3

😇 I looked up to the sky & the Purple Angel came down upon me filling my glass with light blocking purple ruby rain that oozed aromas of black & blue berries w/ thick chocolate, vanilla, dates, heavenly minerals & smokey oak - “drink this godly juice” she said in a booming voice🍷

I dared embrace the heavenly nectar & succumbed to a full on palate explosion of ripe dark concentrated blackcurrant/berry bathed in raspberry cocoa and minerals💥

My mouth was left open in awe as my purple stained teeth yielded to the long silky fruit loaded intense finish & I myself turned into a naughty purple devil - spank me angel, spank me 😈

🎵 “And through it all she offers me protection l, A lot of love and affection” you’re gonna be singing this all day now 🤣 “And down the waterfall wherever it may take me .. “

📍 Montes Purple Angel 2013

🏵 93 points

🍇 92% Carmenere & 8% Petit Verdot

💥 14.5% ABV

✅ For £32 this is a cracking wine 😍 some may say even Angelic 😁
— 7 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.6

Dark ink color. Aromas of blackberry, dried lavender and scorched earth. Pencil lead, black fruit flavors and strong tannins.

🍇 65 % Malbec, 35% Cab

🏅99 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
🏅98 Points - Robert Parker — 3 months ago

k

8.9

Balanced with front fruit and decent body. No overpowering aspects. — 7 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 | frivolous ánd powerfull — 3 years ago

Ryan Carver

9.0

95’ in 2023. Was incredibly good especially for the price. Needed to stand open for an hour~ish — 3 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Always fun to have an Enderle & Moll wine. This one is another great value, an “orange-ish” wine that sees some good skin contact and has a slight haziness in the glass. Lots of grapefruit. Tasty. — 5 years ago

Brucie Harvey

9.3

Love! Another Coronavirus pick from Campus Fine Wines. Drank with pulled pork & an Asian-ish slaw of carrots & watermelon radishes. Drinking the rest with foraged watercress and garlic pasta . — 6 years ago

Kenny Baldridge

9.3

Happy Birthday wine. — 7 years ago

with Sarah

Sam Shaffer

9.0

Delicious. Was gifted this by my wifey and this wine didn’t disappoint. Decant it for a bit if you can- a little bite right out of the bottle but as it aerates it becomes smooth as butter — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2018 vintage. Last tasted 6.2.23 (9.4). Dropped both a little body and oomph but still desirable. 12.5.25. — 7 months ago

John Roselli

9.3

Earthy, not heavy. A prototypical field blend, this one is well-integrated (had the’15) with dark berry, spice, and leather. Looks like it should be a heavy-duty blockbuster, but is medium-bodied, almost silky, and quaffable. — 3 years ago

ESF

9.0

So consistent - found this on closeout for $6.99 if you can believe it! Gold-ish, gorgeous darkened by age but nose was fresh w/ripe yellow orchard fruit, minerals & stones, bit of citrus. Smooth a bit fattened up on palate, angular firm acidic backbone w/flavors confirmed from nose. Just delicious — 3 years ago

Jonathan Shoup

9.0

This wine is different, and I like it! Nice change of pace. Very different aroma. Raspberry, almost sweet but mostly earth, mineral and stone. The spice is dominant up front and lingers with firm tannins. Mild to medium acidity. The devil insignia is cool. — 5 years ago

with Jennifer

Kristen Joerger

9.0

Orange-ish and slightly funky! — 5 years ago

Aliza Abarbanel

9.6

Extremely drinkable. Fruity, fun, light-ish. — 7 years ago