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2016 Alheit Vineyards Hemelrand Vine Garden
White Blend
- South Africa
- Western Cape
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Community Tasting Notes 18
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Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 90 points
August 13, 2023 - Tasted a lineup of 2016-2020 Hemelrand Vine Garden. After the Cartology, this was rounder, more fruity and also felt a bit warmer/richer (perhaps due to the Roussanne and other warmer grape varieties). 2019 was the most impressive of the lot for me; 2016 was flawed. A replacement bottle showed better, but not the best vintage in my opinion.
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MauriceE wrote:
April 30, 2023 - Stunning wine that gained substantially during the period we drank it. So it still has a nice future. Excellent PQR
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OldHick95 Likes this wine: 92 points
October 10, 2022 - See previous note from March of 2021. Complex with Lime zest and honeycomb with a backbone of minerality.
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Echinosum Likes this wine: 91 points
December 26, 2021 - Decanted quite a long time in advance, after my experience with the last bottle. Again it was towards the end of the meal it was showing its greater depths and interest. Still not showing the excitement I felt when it was a young wine. Perhaps I have to keep it a bit longer.
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Echinosum Likes this wine: 91 points
August 16, 2021 - Taken to some friends, and opened a couple of hours ahead, but not decanted. Showed rather dumb with the fish course. It gave more as it warmed up, but well short of my earlier enthusiasm for the wine.
Went very well with the smelly cheeses, was showing more of its features by then. Next day's remains, with fish, was also singing better. Classy but wasn't doing enough to justify how I have scored it previously. Maybe still not sufficiently out of a middle-age dumb phase. Will wait a bit for the other bottles.
We felt the wine had years left in it yet, but I will try to ensure I open early enough and decant to get it going next time.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type White
- Producer Alheit Vineyards
- Varietal White Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Hemelrand Vine Garden
- Country South Africa
- Region Western Cape
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation n/a
- UPC Code 7000834137968
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (3%)
- In Cellars 90 (49%)
- Consumed 87 (48%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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