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White
2017 Stellenrust Chenin Blanc 53 Barrel Fermented
Chenin Blanc
- South Africa
- Coastal Region
- Stellenbosch
Community Tasting Notes 4
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Grochol Likes this wine: 91 points
September 26, 2020 - Nose: apricot, yellow plum, meadow flowers, linden, saline, hint of oak
Taste: full bodied, medium+ acidity, apricot, quince, grapefruit, lemon, oak spices, toast, smoke, butterscotch, linden, long mineral finish, good concentration, fresh, complex, sophisticated, very good -
Livonietisr Likes this wine: 91 points
September 15, 2019 - Lemon, oak, smoke. Balanced with crisp acidity. Lomg finish.
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Eric gene Noack Likes this wine: 97 points
August 22, 2019 - A very high quality Chenin Blanc and I doubt it gets much better than this.
The colour is light to mid gold with a tinge of green.
The nose is a smokey oak with vanilla .
On the tongue.
The oak is beautifully integrated allowing the fruit to shine .
This really is a lovely wine .
October 2019
I tasted this with a minimum of chill on the bottle.
The oak was more prevalent on the nose and on the tongue.
Starting to taste like a Oaked Chardonnay -
WineTally Likes this wine:
April 12, 2019 - 100% Chenin Blanc
from a 53 year old single vineyard on the slopes of Bottelary Hills
with bush vines in ironstone soil.
Natural fermentation in oak barrels (90% French and 10% Hungarian) for 8 months and kept on lees for an additional 1 month.
13.7% Abv.
Winemaker: Tertius Boshoff
General Manager: Kobie van der Westhuizen
A(ccuracy)=2: Med light lemon/gold. Focused, aromatic varietal.
B(alance)=2: Robust components with broad structure, and oak dorminant..
C(omplexity)=2: Pear and apricot, hint of honey.
D(epth)=2: Robust mouthfeel. Round palate and lingering finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,2,2,2] = 8/10
Quite unique, even among ample entries from that part of world.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2017
- Type White
- Producer Stellenrust
- Varietal Chenin Blanc
- Designation 53 Barrel Fermented
- Vineyard n/a
- Country South Africa
- Region Coastal Region
- SubRegion Stellenbosch
- Appellation Stellenbosch
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 11 (11%)
- Consumed 90 (89%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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