8/23/2018 - rikipedia wrote:

Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A light yellow colour offering ripe fruits of lemon and uncooked apple strudel yet also strange Elastoplast notes.
Fairly intense on entry with good fruit ripeness. Linear in length, dry but with a slight butter in fridge note (Partial MLF?). The acid is tangy, almost sour, and finished with turmeric-like flavours. All a bit at sea.

8/23/2018 - rikipedia wrote:

Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A mid-yellow colour, the nose is ripe and lifted with aromas of yellow peach, spice and toasty oak, yet with a bit of cordite in the background.
Rich on entry, the wine is bold and expressive with plenty of butter, oak and even a touch of popcorn. Somewhat phenolic in grip, the wine is wide and expansive on the mid-palate and feels rather old-school. The exciting part is that a lovely line of zesty acidity reflects its cool-climate heritage.

8/23/2018 - rikipedia wrote:

Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A light yellow colour with sea-inspired aromas such as sea shells, empty clam shells, low tide, and seaweed. I picked up curry leaves and coriander to intrigue. The entry has some richness, with damp wool, older barrels, and some felt dishcloth, but I got some lees and weirdly red bait! Not in a great place right now, to be fair, and lacked fruit.

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Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A light yellow colour, the wine is youthful with vibrancy, showing notes of mineral and oatmeal. Draws you in and on the palate there is a subtle textural component along with a richer mid-palate. A long lingering finish. No Score as vested interest.

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Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A light to mid-lemon colour with an expressive lifted nose shoeing lemon blossom, stone fruits and attractive citrus. Fruity, and this carries to the palate. This is an attractive wine with good length and depth and showing very well.

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Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): It is a light yellow colour and youthful. There are plenty of ripe, open fruits, which are fairly expressive, with yellow peach and nectarine complexed by oatmeal and wet concrete. The palate entry is nice and rich, with good intensity and a fair depth. It is an approachable wine that works nicely.

8/23/2018 - rikipedia wrote:

Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): The wine is a mid-yellow colour. The nose is a little reduced, with some dishcloth and rind cheese, but it manages to open out with a simple fruitiness and some nuts. It is quite light with a bracing acidity, almost shrill.

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Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind) A light green-yellow colour the aromas is funky with some butter and creamed honey. The palate promises more with vibrant acidity and more volume in the mid-palate. Tails off towards the close but interesting. No Score as vested interest

8/23/2018 - rikipedia wrote:

Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): Oak-y nose with sawdust and planks toward workshop wood. Lack much fruit and vitality and feels a touch funky. Length is fine but ends on a dry, woody component.

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Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A light yellow-green colour suggests a youthful, vibrant wine. Light notes of floral scents with greener fruits of leaf, lemon and green apple. The palate entry is linear, almost Sauvignon Blanc-like, while the acid is juicy and zesty. A lighter-bodied restrained style that is relatively lean but with a beautiful focus and still quite tight.
90-91

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Christmas Tweet Up for Elgin Wines (2018) (Cape Town): (Tasted Blind): A mid-yellow colour reveals toasty oak, flowers, and ripe white peach. The wine has a rich texture with a grippy phenolic and chalky acidity, decent concentration and a clean, long finish. Chisselled but easy-going.
Very enjoyable. 89-90

6/10/2015 - rikipedia wrote:

(Tasted Blind): Mid-ruby colour, with aromas of smoke, roasted meat, and ripe plum. The entry is softly textured with a slight richness. Smooth, undulating tannins effortlessly weave through the ripe plum and raspberry flavours, and a touch of freshness imbues the wine with a lively buoyancy embraced by a fleshy consistency. The undercurrent of spicy wood adds warmth while you feel a little development creeping in. Some generous robust notes as it closes with its 14% alcohol.

6/10/2015 - rikipedia wrote:

(Tasted Blind) A light lemon colour, the aromas are lightly floral with a hint of honey, suggesting some evolution. It seemed slightly out of condition with an absence of litchi nor Turkish delight, although there were some soft floral qualities. Most noteworthy is that it isn't highly concentrated or overly sweet, presenting a subdued, harmonious flavour profile. A more gentle expression of Gewurztraminer. Or some bottle variation – I have had this before, and it showed better.

6/10/2015 - rikipedia wrote:

(Tasted Blind): Light+ gold in colour the nose displays a bold sherry-like flor character in an intense, oxidative style with hoppy qualities, reminiscent of beer.
The entry contains more cider than beer, and the wine has an unfiltered scrumpy jack quality. An unconventional expression of Chenin Blanc, it has a significant tannin edge, a hint of dried wild flowers, and remnants of bruised pear. It is certainly thought-provoking and tricky to score. It's a marmite wine, essentially.

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Tasted Blind: It has a light lemon colour. Pleasant aromas of hay, raisin, and light lemon. A lively acidity with a sweet entry. Flavours of vanilla, oatmeal, earthiness, and a chalky edge. Interesting balance between sweet and savoury components. The wine has a long finish. Good depth of flavour.

9/5/2022 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): A distinct garrigue presence is accompanied by hints of diesel and a touch of tar that opens to roasted herb, blackberry, and dried blackberry with an element of mineral towards graphite.
The entry has intensity with liquorice, roasted herbs and mineral undertones supported by fine, firm tannins that have a puckering quality on the first sip. The mid-palate unveils dark fruits compote and pastille with a dusting of cocoa powder. A distinct mineral character adds freshness to this full-bodied wine, while the tannins are compact and narrow in their profile. A long length features bay leaf and some clove. A sturdy wine!

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): The aromas combine, subtle spice, a touch of chocolate and raspberry, with a hint of roasted herbs adding intrigue. Yet as it opened, I also got a faint note of green stalk.
The palate displays a strong garrigue character, grilled meat, and sun-exposed fruit accompanied by hints of diesel oil and underscored by distinct mineral-edged tannins that feel relatively extractive and compact. Well-structured, there is some depth to the wine, and the flavours are complemented by a freshness derived from heather and warm scrub notes, giving the mid-palate room for pleasure, but I found that the wine had a tarry aspect with a heat reminiscent of cayenne pepper on the back palate in conjunction with the tannins building continuously. It still manages to maintain a fresh character.
89+

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): Toast and spice indicative of new oak sit under bright blackcurrant and black morello cherry fruit with a subtle twist of herb. Ripe entry with intensity and a dry quality accentuated by the toasty, spiced nuances, graphite and cedarwood. A more linear structure than anticipated, the wine has compact seamless tannins, elegance, and a wonderful depth. The finish leaves a lasting impression. Complex and in a great place right now.
Score: 93-94
85 CS 15 PV. Grown at 590-600 m altitude.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): It exudesg an attractive fragrance of wet earth, roasted meat with hints of garrigue, black pepper, and dry spice, as well as a herbaceous lift.
The palate entry is grippy and intense, with plenty of darker fruits framed by a granite-like minerality. The tannins provide a gum-cleansing grip and cherry-stone quality, whilst the mid-palate ramps up the herbal note that feels quite stemmy at times. This is quite an electric, alive wine, with the herbal edge tending to dominate on the finish - perhaps need time in bottle?

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): A magnificent nose with savoury notes joined with garrigue, lavender, spice, black plum and blackberry. The enticing and fabulous intensity this carries forward to the palate. The wine has a forward gait - graceful, focussed, supported by a mineral-edged acidity and granular tannins. A myriad of flavours reveal more damson plum than black on the palate with riper blackberry notes together giving a hint of sweetness to the mid-palate. I found some red fruit quietly jostling for position in the background with a hint of toasty spice, whilst together the wine shows density and concentration. Fab!

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): (Tasted Blind): Abundance of aromas with Bosq pear, quince jelly and some straw notes. Impressively structured with a wonderful smooth glassiness to the mid-palate, linear, focussed and driven, keeping the taste buds interested and enhanced by a gentle, fragrant note (possibly the Muscat?) with a touch of fennel fronds. With excellent concentration, as expected from seriously old vines, the wine exhibits depth and persistence. It has richness and grace with a medley of citrus infusions towards the close. Lingers, cracking!
Blend of Semillon, Palomino, CB and Muscat, not sure of percentages.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): The nose has a reductive fresh rubber nose at first before revealing fresh herbs, heather scrub and dried Bartlett pear with a waft of toast. Again, that gorgeous texture engages the palate with pear skin, crisp, mineral-edged acidity and a mid-palate punch that gives depth and a certain power. Complex, this is utterly refreshing and juicy yet at the same time concentrated and layered with a touch of toasty oak. Pear, apple slices and a squeeze of lemon keep it flowing to a lingering finish. Exceptional! 94+

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): (Tasted Blind): Inviting and intense aromas of yellow plum, cling peach, Bosq pear, and yellow apple. Above this sits a mineral or stone-like quality.
The palate follows suit and mirrors the intensity. A notable phenolic grip adds depth and structure to the wine. Granitic chips and mineral notes contribute to the complexity, and the wine is fresh and zesty with a lemon twist, offering a vibrant and lively character on the palate. The flavours unfold gently, and I found a chewy plum skin quality, complemented by hints of white cherries. Stunning wine!
CB with 34 Verdelho; 1 Viognier.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): (Tasted Blind): Enticing Bosq pear, quince jelly with a touch of spice, the entry is richer than the Noa and moves towards Williams pear flesh and yellow plum with a lick of honey that together giving a sweet juiciness that fills out the mid-palate. Lovely crisp acid with a whiff of oak (older?) this has a mineral texture to balance the richer style and that acid crescendo-ed out similar to the Noa but this time with more generosity and breadth.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): (Tasted Blind): Wine: Rall Noa 2021 Chenin Blanc. Delicate notes of toast, lime peel and Bosq pear on the nose. The palate reveals juicy flavours of pear and apple, with a notable depth and concentration. A fennel and sea salt quality adds an intriguing lift whilst the wine has a sturdy phenolic grip and strident acidity that give texture and depth along with pear skins (like semi-dried Cretian pears). A layered wine with well-adjudged extract the wine is penetrating with a long and edgy mineral finish. Closes with fresh apple skins and a pear core sensation. Excellent wine!

9/5/2022 - rikipedia wrote:

Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): (Tasted Blind): The nose shows peach, lemon, wet stone, and damp wood, almost the smell of cork trees (not cork!). There is a subtle touch of quince and mineral (perhaps a little too sotto voce) towards clay quality that reflects the amphoras that Craig uses. The sinewy and chewy phenolic grip adds a textural element to the wine, closing with more moist stones and fennel. It was intriguing, although the phenolics were a little distracting. More time in the bottle, perhaps to benefit from further development?

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): More clay-based soils with shale atop, the wine is filled with ripe black cherry, griotte aromas with some compote-like sweet fruit dusted in spices. The palate is textured with plenty of black cherry richness, giving a more voluptuous mouthfeel.
The grippy, compact tannins provide structure, and the wine is lively in acid, with a sour cherry and rhubarb note emphasising. There is also some smoky and toasty oak present. It is quite a four-square wine, well structured and balanced. It is showing well.
Score: 93+

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): Expressive floral notes with rose petals and cherry blossoms with a touch of spice. Captivating!
The entry is fabulously succulent, with a mineral/stony coolness and freshness that enhance its appeal. Ripe fruits, precise, mineral-edged acidity, great depth to it, and a long farewell—this is a cracker of a wine!

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): Granite Soils. The inviting aromas of crushed rocks, rose petals, and pressed flowers are accompanied by mineral and strawberry elements.
A light to medium body with notes of smoke, toast, raspberry, and strawberry gives flesh, while a fine vein/pattina of tannin provides structure. Penetrating depth of flavour, the wine is precise, maintaining an elegance and an intense flavour profile that leaves a long-lasting impression.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): A somewhat restrained nose at first slowly opens to ripe citrus, Forelle pear, yellow plum and yellow cling peach with a whiff of cordite.
A rich entry the wine has a fabulous backbone of acidity. Some breadth in the mid-palate filled with oatmeal, smoked lemon and wedgesof freshly squeezed lemon juice and star fruit, reminiscent of the Adelaide Hills region. Quite clear cut notes the wine is captivating with a mineral quality and quite pure fruited. Long.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): After an initial damp wood character, the nose reveals a combination of oak spice, light citrus, almond kernel and hazelnut with a hint of sawdust.
The palate is graceful with poise and elegance supported by a vibrant racy acidity. Stone fruit flavours such as washed peach and nectarine emerge from this intense wine as subtle hints of honeydew and honeysuckle add to the overall experience as the flavours unfold. Linear in shape the wine is long and focussed with a touch of creamed almonds on the finish.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): Lifted aromas similar to previous wine but more darker fruits that lead to a richer entry with layers of darker chocolate and an array of berries, including blackcurrant. These elements are intensely woven together, creating a finely knit structure. An extremely smart wine that has depth, with more power and tannic drive (denser tannins) than the previous wine if a tad less sophisticated (but just a tad!).

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): 50% new oak. The nose is mocha oak and enveloping spice with blackcurrant and black cherry and a touch of chocolate infused with a touch of sea salt.
A precision, focussed wine that fuses toasty oak and spicecake followed by an avalanche of milk and dark chocolate. Supported by supple, velvety tannins the wine has an amazing depth of flavour. A graceful, elegant wine with a long-lasting impact and excellent depth of flavour, it leaves with cayenne pepper, saline and mineral notes. Fabulous!
95-96

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): The nose combines wood smoke, dried rosemary, and ripe blackberry aromas, intertwined with streaks of vanilla and spicy oak.
Full-bodied, the wine exudes richness, with a mid-palate filled with ripe blackberry and well-integrated oak spices. Dense and firm tannins leave a lasting impression. Impressive.
Has 70% new oak. 93+

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): Impressively structured, upright with firm, finely-grained compact tannins and vibrant acidity but with enough flesh in the mid-palate. Flavours of freshly picked blackcurrant, dry spices and a mineral edge contribute to its overall complexity. A long length with an herbal twist the wine is really smart and refined but hasn’t quite got the "wow" factor.

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Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): A complex array of sawdust, woodsmoke, cassis and blackberry on the nose. A nicely extracted palate with cedarwood, toast and wild berries with a lively acidity that provides freshness. This is set against a compote-like intensity of the fruit with richness and flavours of mocha; coffee grinds and very dark, bitter chocolate. Dry-edged firm tannins with a long finish and a linear frame. It could benefit from a little more material to the mid-palate - a little hollow? It finishes with that pastille sweetness and some dried herbs and remains enjoyable.
Blend of 57 CS, 14 Merlot, 14 Malbec

2/8/2023 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Light garnet to tawny edge. The appealing blend of worn leather, salts, liquorice and freshly polished shoes on the nose are joined by dried morello cherry and baked dark fruits. Puckering, compact tannins take centre stage on entry before rose petals and pressed flowers arrive, mingling with sweet raspberry to wonderfully intense boysenberry. A linear and upright profile that is elegant with a sense of sophistication underscored by vibrant acidity. Unfolds with time in the glass to reveal more fruit, although the tannins never seem to ease off, creating a dryness towards the close.

2/11/2023 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Deep purple-black, with enticing notes of chocolate drops, sweet baking spice, coffee beans and a lick of vanilla. Black fruits peek from behind the oak frontage to promise more. As it opens, it reveals sweet baking spices and a dusting of cocoa powder adds depth, with black fruits at the core. It's an intriguing bouquet that promises complexity and richness.
Full-bodied on entry, the wine’s fleshy black fruits, oak spices, mocha and confectionary notes take centre stage whilst structurally, the powdery tannins and mid-acid support. There is a gentle fiery alcohol that adds warmth, with a dusting of cocoa powder on the med finish. The wine is spicy and oak-driven and may reward more time in the bottle, although it is approachable at present. In glass, the oak drifted a little sideways.

2/18/2023 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Deep purple with gentle notes of crushed black plums, mulberry, damson and old oak that run to more savoury quality as you swirl with a worn leather jacket, brown spices and toasted herbs. An open, inviting palate entry with crushed velvet to plum skin texture, warm stones, wet clay and more leather supported by granular, fairly compact tannins. Fairly good depth and mid-long length and drinking well.

2/18/2023 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Delicate aromas of lemon, lemongrass, grapefruit and pink guava flesh. A graceful entry with integrated fresh acidity. Notes of lemons and lime mingle with elderflowers, gooseberry, and boxwood, whilst hints of gunflint add a steely edge and a squeeze of white peach oil a sense of freshness.
This is a focused entry with mineral, flinty undertones, lemon rind, and alpine flowers set against a tangy acidity and mid-palate richness. It is elegant, with excellent concentration and length - impeccable balance!

2/19/2023 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

The nose is abundant in vanilla oak, double cream, tinned cherries, boysenberry (large raspberry), and Victoria plums, all sprinkled with a generous helping of sweet spice (nutmeg), desiccated coconut, and milk chococlate shavings.
A highly appealing entry, this wine offers intense sweet fruit, oak infusions, and spice layered with Black Forest gateau and cocoa powder, creating a rich tapestry of flavours. Fine-grained tannins provide structure, while lively acidity keeps the palate refreshed. Merlot-led and broad, this is a luxuriant wine! 92+
85 Merlot, 12 CF, 3 CS

2/20/2023 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Deep ruby with garnet edges suggesting some maturity. The aromas unfold with a bounty of stewed fruits: sweet jam, damson, cassis and blueberries. Intense and rather inviting, a touch of menthol adds a refreshing edge - classic Oz. Subtle hints of spice, vanilla, red flowers and a whisper of orange peel add complexity and appeal.
A sweet entry with ripe expressive flavours borders on jammy, with Jube fruit, damson plum, and dark (70%) chocolate. The tannins are thick and fibrous, while a menthol coolness persists through the mid-palate. This is a very approachable wine with expansive richness, culminating in a lingering finish. 65 Shiraz, 20 CS 10 Merlot, 5 CF

2/26/2023 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Deep purple, the aromas flow with freshly cut Bing cherry halves mingling with sour morello cherry and fragrant pressed red flowers. Slices of dark plums emerge, accompanied by cardomon, macchiato and blackcurrant - a dry spice. Mineral undertones and lead pencils lurk in the background, adding complexity.
Full-bodied, the initial notes are marked by toast, spice, and char. The texture is hessian-like, quite thick and enveloping, yet there is a refreshing acidity that lifts the wine. Some dried blackcurrant and red flowers add fruit—quite earthy, too. Puckering tannins show their youth at this stage, coming across as dense, almost austere, but should unwind nicely in a bottle. Formidable at present, the finish lingers long.

9/18/2023 - rikipedia wrote:

WSET Teaching Level 3 for Burgundy (Stellenbosch): (Tasted Blind): A mid-garnet core with mahogany edges. Tertiary notes of earth, cola tonic, wood smoke, dried undergrowth, and a touch of leather with iron bru.
The wine is medium to full-bodied with some age and evolution reflecting the tertiary nose elements, adding stewed fruit, prunes, sultana and wet spiced biltong. The mid-palate starts to reveal a stalky stem quality heightened by the vibrant acidity, and then the finish becomes quite distracting with a shoe leather quality and hard-edged tannins blunting the length.

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WSET Teaching Level 3 for Burgundy (Stellenbosch): Tasted Blind): A mid-ruby-purple colour; lifted aromas of strawberry, dried rose petals, red plum, bing cherry, and marshmallow are embellished with minerals, clove, and nutmeg. Medium to full-bodied, there is some new oak toastiness. Expressive with excellent concentration with flavours of redcurrants, bing cherry, dried earth and rose petals. Fairly delineated by a vibrant and mineral-edged acidity, the wine has that understated power, elegance and finessed tannins. Fabulous depth with layers of refinement, silky tannins and a long farewell. Plenty of material structure to age further. Exceptional wine!
Les Fremiets often produces well-structured wine.

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WSET Teaching Level 3 for Burgundy (Stellenbosch): (Tasted Blind): A bright, light to mid-crimson colour with purple flashes. Fairly intense nose showing bing cherry, fresh strawberry, banana bubblegum, earth and sweet spice yet with a savoury edge.
A soft entry with creamy texture transitions towards cough syrup, kirsch and Bing cherry compote. Despite this, the wine is dry, with no sweetness, and has a vibrant acidity. Focussed with sweet-coated fruit tannins and plenty of depth, it is long and very approachable.

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WSET Teaching Level 3 for Burgundy (Stellenbosch): (Tasted Blind): A mid-crimson colour that is slightly cloudy, possibly unfiltered. An intense, fragrant nose adorned with violet, blackberry, raspberry, white stone fruits, minerals, fresh herbs/white pepper, a smidgeon of earth, and oddly marshmallows! The pepper notes suggest some stem inclusion.
A pure yet soft approach that is highly appealing, the mid-palate is elegant with a salty edge and filled with raspberry coulis, or peach peach melba. There is a spicy quality, pepper again and even a touch of hung game. The feel is sour-edged so a tangy acidity, chewy tannins with a light umami sea kelp note that accentuates the acid. Medium-bodied, the wine is dry, and this rises on the back palate, giving a dry saline feel on its reasonably long finish. I wanted to like it more than I did and perhaps the wine just feel quite in synch yet.

9/18/2023 - rikipedia wrote:

WSET Teaching Level 3 for Burgundy (Stellenbosch): (Tasted Blind): A light purple colour, the nose is soft and pure with aromas of violet, crushed blue flowers, chalk dust, blueberry and strawberry tops with hints of mineral. A soft and fruity approach, it initially shows a little reduction in some soft rubber gloves. An elegant, poised wine it is light and easy-drinking with an edgy and mineral-driven acidity. A little stalky for me, the fruit comes across as sour with chewy tannins.

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WSET Teaching Level 3 for Burgundy (Stellenbosch): (Tasted Blind): A mid-yellow colour with fragrant aromas of yellow and white stone fruits, hints of mineral and touch of toasty oak. The palate is seriously pure with a beautiful freshness, definition and gait, well-balanced incisive acidity, and a purposeful focus. The oak is integrated, adding complexity; there is richness and a broad, full-bodied mid-palate filled with notes of peach, cheese rind, vanilla, honey, and cashews.
That belt of acidity underscores all this. Great concentration with immense follow-through make this an outstanding wine.
Whole-bunched pressed

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WSET Teaching Level 3 for Burgundy (Stellenbosch): (Tasted Blind): Light yellow colour with a slightly reduced nose of fresh rubber before notes of ripe peach, nectarine and apricot come into view, dusted with oatmeal. A steely, bright, acidic entry with some richness of fruit, breadth to the mid-palate and filled with stone fruits and sweet orange with a touch of sea salt. Medium-bodied with a pleasant leesy sensation underneath, it is finely defined and bounces along. Closes long with some spiced apple and Forelle pear and seems pretty complex.