| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2019 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
4/8/2024 - Magcleve4 Likes this wine: 89 pointsStepping out of its prime, with a steady nose of oxidized fruit and butterscotch. Palate is great, with classic chenin fruit to wool progression, and a refreshing herbal and mineral finish |
| Red |
2022 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
11/8/2023 - Discobiscuits42 wrote: 89 pointsQuite a fruit laden nose, a touch of earth. Quite a light body and no real structure to speak off. Fruity that is washed out by alcohol which creates a somewhat bitter experience. Nice acidic pop, fruit is somewhat dull. Interesting combination of grapes -- syrah, carignane, cinsault. The cinsault really dominates and the other grapes are really quite subtle with some flare of the syrah on the back end to add some complexity to an otherwise simple wine. Pretty interesting stuff. Agree with the other taster for the 21 that there are definite raspberry themes. Perhaps some tangerine. |
| White |
2022 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
6/21/2023 - Allthistalking wrote: 87 pointsLight, crisp and crushable |
| Red |
2021 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
7/21/2022 - Iaeen Likes this wine: 93 pointsColor: dark crimson bordering on purple. |
| White |
2016 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
2/5/2022 - Michael Hung wrote: 87 pointsN: Peach blossom, pear, citrus, apple |
| Red |
2020 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
8/12/2021 - Al Ehrhardt wrote: NRThis was our fifth bottle of this over the past 5 or 6 months. For $14, it's a solid and enjoyable choice for something inexpensive. Definitely red fruit driven, no Rhone funk, it's clean; don't mean that negatively, love and drink a lot of Rhones. At least for me, not overly ripe, just walks the line. And no oak chips or saw dust. I really enjoy cinsault's and carignan, combined, these are most of the blend, maybe another reason for my enjoyment of this wine. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
| White |
2020 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
7/26/2021 - ohne_musik wrote: 87 pointsSqueaky clean, higher acid rendition of SA chenin. Not much complexity or chenin typicity (a hint of honeysuckle but no wax or wool), but Refreshing and a nice pairing to simply seared scallops. |
| Red |
2020 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
7/20/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote: NRDoesn't smell like the SA funk. Has kinda an electric smell to it. And solid on the palate. Over at $16 but a good effort. |
| White |
2020 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
7/20/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote: NRSmells like petrol and a bit of SBD farts. A little fuller on the mid palate. A touch richer style but still clean on the palate. |
| White |
2019 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
6/2/2021 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine: 88 pointsThis wine has a nice fruity nose and pear, lemon cure and grapefruit on the palate. Plus it has good minerality and zippy acidity. It has a creamy finish to it with a round, full mouthfeel and medium body. It’s a good QPR. |
| Red |
2020 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
4/10/2021 - Al Ehrhardt wrote: NRWow, bought this on a flyer. I look at the wine section whenever I am shopping in a store. One of my main small, family owned groceries that I love, doesn't have a good wine section. but this intrigued me because of the 56% Cinsault and 15% Carignan in the blend and I am a fan of both grapes. I really liked this at $14.99 and they do not have competitive wine pricing, but IMO well worth it. Just fresh Rhone varietals without obnoxious wood. I will buy more. Highly recommend for a mid week, inexpensive wine that you can actually enjoy. |
| Red |
2019 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
4/7/2021 - cos65 Likes this wine: 86 pointsRuby purple |
| White |
2019 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
4/6/2021 - cos65 wrote: 86 pointsLight gold |
| White |
2019 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
2/23/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote: NRSmells like wooly chenin. Tastes like it too. |
| Red |
2020 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
10/30/2020 - landersen wrote: NRIt smells like long-stemmed roses, strawberry fruit roll-up. It tastes like blueberry cobbler, raspberry, red currant, tart cherry, violet, black tea. The body is light/medium. The wine has low acidity. |
| White |
2019 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
10/13/2020 - landersen wrote: NRIt smells like stone fruit and citrus blossoms. It tastes like lemon zest, seawater, quince, yellow apple, pear, chamomile, and honey. The body is light/medium. The wine has high acidity. |
| White |
2018 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
6/13/2019 - cos65 wrote: NRPale straw, non-aromatic. |
| Red |
2017 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
3/26/2019 - Ben Christiansen wrote: NRNo SA funk and tasty and fun. Maybe a little SA funk. |
| White |
2016 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
3/3/2019 - GraacherHimmelreich wrote: NRPear. Vanilla. Very good with lemon chicken thighs. |
| White |
2016 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
2/28/2019 - Oenecnist wrote: NRFurther to my TN of Jan 7 '19: Last of my three bottles. Held up over four days, though fading by Day 3 and barely there by Day 4. I've been immersed in SA wines recently, and this one is not remarkable--staying with notable for its durability and adequacy. This is from Swartland which, I'm told by Cape cognoscenti, is currently trendy but overrated. This is my only example from the area so I have no evidence to the contrary. I've had much better non-Swartland SA CB for the money recently but doubt that any of it will make to North America--pity. |
| Red |
2017 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
1/29/2019 - Joe Kane wrote: NRWestern Cape. Cinsault, syrah, carignan. It's ok on nose. Ripe black and red fruit. BTG pricing is approachable. Fruit, and easy drinking on the palate. A touch of mine making funk on it. |
| White |
2016 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
1/7/2019 - Oenecnist wrote: NRFurther to my TN of Sept 25 '18: Tried this again with shrimp and cucumber sushi, salmon flat bread, and American potato salad. Adequately refreshing and fruity, but nothing special--not a lot there. My rating as notable remains. |
| White |
2016 Storm Point Chenin BlancSwartland more |
9/25/2018 - Oenecnist wrote: NRBought from Wine Library last spring as a Cinderella "super value white 2-pack" along with a bottle of '16 Maculan Pinot & Toi for 17/pack; I bought 3 packs. I would impute a price of 9.50/b for this bottle and 7.50 for the Maculan. Pale straw color with green tinge, modest nose, grassy with very good mouthfeel. Trying my first bottle of this with salmon and tuna sushi may not have been a fair test--it seemed lost, well before the wasabi. Stored vertically (screwcap) in a cool, dark basement since purchase. My evaluation: I've stopped giving scores on a "100-point scale" as I've become less convinced that they can be meaningful to others. I use a 4-category scale (perhaps with +/-)--not including flawed--which runs outstanding/notable/drinkable/poor. I considered this notable when considering quality, age, and price but consider that conditional; I'll try again without food or with more complementary food. |
| Red |
2016 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
3/22/2018 - Joe Kane wrote: NRcinsault, syrah, carignagne. Swartland WO. Nice, easy, fun to drink. |
| Red |
2016 Storm PointWestern Cape Red Blend more |
3/22/2018 - Ben Christiansen wrote: NRRed fruit, fresh, light, easy does it. |
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