Dark in colour. Intense nose, very nice. Dark fruit and green/vegetable notes. Holds up in the palate. Slight animalic notes as typical for Spier. A full bodies, intense wine with SA character. It probably deserves 90 points but personally i find it a tad fruity.
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Pronounced golden color for a wine of this age. Honey and dried fruit on nose, on palate quite rich with good after taste. That was the best Chenin Blanc I tasted in South Africa. Was my favorite too of whites tasted at Spier. Later learned it has 6g/l residual sugar which certainly adds to the honeyed feel of the wine.
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6/17/2018 - Geraintvdrede Likes this wine: 92 Points
A beautifully aged oaked Chenin. Showing some colour now, golden in fact. Lovely concentrated and rich flavours.
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1/28/2017 - Geraintvdrede Likes this wine:
Very sweet and syrupy. Still a favourite for me but not loved by the others.
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11/7/2015 - dissler Likes this wine: 85 Points
Dark in colour. Intense nose, very nice. Dark fruit and green/vegetable notes. Holds up in the palate. Slight animalic notes as typical for Spier. A full bodies, intense wine with SA character. It probably deserves 90 points but personally i find it a tad fruity.
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3/2/2014 - Bandreas wrote: 88 Points
Pronounced golden color for a wine of this age. Honey and dried fruit on nose, on palate quite rich with good after taste.
That was the best Chenin Blanc I tasted in South Africa. Was my favorite too of whites tasted at Spier.
Later learned it has 6g/l residual sugar which certainly adds to the honeyed feel of the wine.
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