2011 Rustenberg Chenin Blanc Straw Wine

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  5/26/2021 - cannym Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Bright gold. Barley sugar, dried apricot, apple sauce, touch of marzipan. Really fine clean acidity keeps this lifted. Rich and unctuous indeed. Fairly long. Stunning value.

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  7/27/2020 - kevin h wrote: 92 Points

  Lovely sweet wine. Developing depth, bright fruit, very sweet, nicely balanced, fine acitidy. Lingering, clean finish. Excellent.

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  12/3/2019 - johnrm Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Last bottle. Drinking very nicely. The wine showed all the apricot, honey, and marmalade character described over two years ago and a rich, unctuous character more than made up for the reducing acidity without being cloying. Lovely wine. A small sample kept in the 'fridge was still drinking well after more than a week.

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  11/13/2017 - kevin h wrote: 91 Points

  Four years since I last had this and it has improved. Tropical fruit nose, good intensity, sweet, ripe fruits, clean finish. Nice wine.

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  8/25/2017 - MSheridan Likes this wine: 90 Points

  still sufficient acidity to balance the sweet fruit but not a fresh as it was in its youth. However its still very enjoyable.
  I also felt that it improved having been kept in fridge for a couple of weeks and seemed better on the last few samples.

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