Community Tasting Notes 14

• Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 5, 2023 - Butter, honey, nuts, lemon curd, very ripe apple. Apparently some muscat added for aroma.

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• JMellet Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 13, 2022 - Shining brightly and aging well

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• JMellet Likes this wine: 94 points

  November 25, 2021 - Has developed some strong age. With plenty of honey, nuts and a rush complexity.

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• JMellet Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 27, 2020 - Beautiful, delicate, delicious... honey & nuts, super light... color is dark and pronounced... wow.

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• forceberry wrote: 93 points

  November 17, 2020 - The grapes are sourced from three vineyards, planted in 1902, 1936 and 1942. 13,49% alcohol, 1,4 g/l residual sugar, 4,7 g/l acidity, 0,40 g/l VA and pH 3,48. Tasted in a Boekenhoutskloof Sémillon 2017-2005 vertical.
  
  Luminous and rather deep golden yellow color. Rich, open and very attractive nose with sweet-toned aromas of very ripe apricots, some creamy oak tones, a little bit of savory wood spice, light woolly notes of lanolin and rich, complex hints suggestive of aged Auslese Riesling: dried pineapple, orchard flowers and apple jam. Very lovely. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and quite opulent on the palate with dry, savory flavors of apricots, toasty spices, some nutty oak tones, a little bit of vanilla, light sweeter nuances of acacia honey, a hint of panna cotta and a tertiary touch of mushroomy character. The wine is medium-to-moderately high in acidity; the acidity feels a bit soft here compared to the other vintages of Boekenhoutskloof Sémillon, yet still high enough to keep the wine nicely in balance. The finish is ripe, rich and very juicy with complex, subtly sweet-toned and somewhat oak-forward flavors of ripe apricots, vanilla, some cooked cream notes of panna cotta, light peach candy tones, a little bit of honeydew melon, oaky hints of vanilla, sweet toasty oak and slightly bitter woody character and a developed touch of chopped nuts.
  
  A very complex and wonderfully evolved vintage of Boekenhoutskloof Sémillon that is slightly on the softer side due to its slightly modest acidity, yet at the same time coming across as relatively dry and savory in taste. The wine doesn't show any of the restraint and dull woolly character the younger vintages have exhibited, instead coming across as beautifully nuanced and expressive in every respect. With a bit more judicious oak use and slightly higher acidity this would've been probably my favorite vintage of the evening, but due to its softness and slightly overwhelming oak influence in the aftertaste, some higher-acid vintages managed to outperform this. Nevertheless a fine wine indeed, solid value at 38,89€.

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• Vintage 2007
• Type White
• Producer Boekenhoutskloof
• Varietal Sémillon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Franschhoek Valley
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 42 (38%)
• Consumed 68 (62%)

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