2010 Reyneke Sauvignon Blanc

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  3/27/2012 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Wine #A
  
  Wine was tasted blind.
  
  Appearance: clear, medium intensity, lemon.
  
  Nose is: clean, medium intensity, with youthful aromas of green fruit: apples, citrus fruit: grapefruit, mineral: stony. BBQ aroma, almost like a charcoal grill note on the nose.
  
  Palate: wine is off-dry, with medium – acidity, medium alcohol, medium body and medium flavor intensity. The flavors are as the nose would suggest with a hint of lactic or lees on the body which is not there on the nose. The charcoal aroma is not present on the palate. Green apple rides the finish. The length is medium.
  
  Overall this is good wine for its balance. It is not all that complex with most flavors running in the medium - flavor intensity. Acidity rides the finish along making it seem acidified, but the palate is heavier than the acidity in the mid. It should be drunk now and will not age further.
  
  A confusing wine. Maybe a cheap blend of some sort that makes the nose so non-translatable?
  
  2010 Reyneke Sauvignon Blanc

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  1/10/2012 - nzinkgraf wrote:

  Ashy and mature nose. Pear and Asian fruit notes. Like, Asian pear. Palate brings on the refreshment. Again, cream soda. Very unique wine worth exploring further.

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  6/28/2011 - nzinkgraf wrote:

  Very intriguing wine. Nose shows mature notes, but not out of place, there is an aged burgundy aspect here, thoughts of oak resolving, but this wine just saw it's first birthday. Soft cream soda, not super fruity, but... Cream soda and minerals, now we're talking!! Only biodynamic producer in south Africa I am told. There is something quite unique here, I must investigate further. Buy, buy, buy.

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