Community Tasting Note

• Benj wrote: 88 points

  August 2, 2019 - Smells like a Chinese supermarket. Great acid, nice texture, a little quiet on the mid-palate. Somewhat South African in style. Nice, but not a patch on their other wines. $38.

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• CPSchoeff commented:

  8/3/19, 3:57 AM - Like the not-so-fresh anymore fish and produce type supermarket smell? That would be a new one for me in Chenin! The vineyard is the same as the one we had in March that took 6 hours to become chenin-like, but there was no supermarket in that one.

• Benj commented:

  8/3/19, 7:54 AM - Yeah. Like that combination smell that’s fermented-fish-soy, especially in smaller stores with lots packed into a small space. Was the first thing I smelled in the wine. I’m personally wondering if this is a reductive note, so time may help.

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