Community Tasting Notes 5

• VlgJeff wrote: 90 points

  February 4, 2023 - Dinner with Steve & Barbara (Their House): PnP, chilled. This is the same wine served by our friends when we had dinner at their house last year, and it was as good this time as last.
  Similar TN: a creamy, attractive palate with notes of green apple, citrus, and stone fruit with good acidity. Should continue to hold for a few years.

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• VlgJeff wrote: 90 points

  March 7, 2022 - PnP, chilled, but only to cellar temp. First time with this wine - served to us blind. Some notes reminiscent of a Chardonnay = green apple, very light oak, some stone fruit and minerality, but the acidity was lacking. We were surprised at the big reveal as this wine was clearly not (IMHO) a Chenin Blanc from the Loire -- NO, it was from South Africa! An interesting rendition that should hold for another couple of years.
  Apparently, the Bosman Family has been making wine for over 210 years - through 8 generations, and this wine is from the third oldest Chenin vineyard in the country. We will look for this, and other Bosman wines.

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• swapdoc Likes this wine:

  February 23, 2021 - Tasted blind. Ripe green apple fruit reminiscent of Macon chardonnay with some tropical notes as well, medium bodied, little if any oak; shows well at room temperature. The chenin acidity and off-sweet gooseberry flavor balance out the fruit, but are less accented than would have expected from a Loire chenin. Instead of an French chardonnay from a warm vintage, turned out a ripe chenin from a hot continent.

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• Anders Danielsen Lie Likes this wine: 89 points

  November 23, 2020 - 2018: kremete, lett eiket chenin med smør, nøtt, kiwi og sitrus. Flott munnfølelse, deilig krem og syre innover. Stilmessig noe mellom old school chardonnay med eik og en hvit burgunder. Litt trekk for at druepreget ikke kommer så godt fram

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• J&T wrote:

  September 24, 2020 - Lovely nose, lemon on the palate.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type White
• Producer Bosman Family Vineyards
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation Optenhorst
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Paarl
• Appellation Wellington

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• In Cellars 24 (65%)
• Consumed 13 (35%)

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