2014 Reyneke Chenin Blanc Organic

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.4 points

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  9/12/2018 - forceberry wrote: 87 Points

  13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Quite pale lime green color. Dry, cool and somewhat restrained nose, yet showing quite obvious ripeness with aromas of golden apples, some steely minerality, a little bit of white peach and a hint of leesy richness. The wine is moderately full-bodied, juicy and rather straightforward on the palate with bright flavors of steely minerality, some white peach, a little bit of red apples and a hint of quince. The moderately high acidity lends good freshness and sense of balance to the wine. The finish is lively and fresh, but also somewhat underwhelming with dry, quite light and a bit short flavors of fresh red apples, a little bit of creaminess and a hint of leesy richness.
  
  A pleasant, pure and vibrant Chenin Blanc, but also one that suffers a bit from lack of depth and character. There's good freshness here, but overall the wine is a bit underwhelming and simple. A nice everyday quaffer, but not a wine to challenge the serious dry Chenins of Loire Valley.

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  8/15/2017 - maxima wrote: 87 Points

  Trop sur les fruits exotiques j'ai trouvé...des allures de Viognier du Rhone!
  Le nez est sur les litchis et la papaye avec des notes salines.
  En bouche, fruits mures avec une texture presque crêmeuse. Un peu lourd et boisé, fait moderne.
  Long mais saturant.

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  5/5/2017 - jorivesud Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Paille clair brillant.
  Nez minérale, salin, petits cailloux mouillés, glycine, iode.
  En bouche, belle équilibre entre le coté gras et l'acidité, petite rouche d'astringence en fin bouche, belle longueur. On beau petit chenin qui sera interressant de suivre l'évolution. Rappel plus un blanc du Rhone, qu'un chenin de la Loire.

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  4/18/2017 - ant-1 wrote:

  Nez iodé, citroné, un peu de pétrole. Un peu chablis, beau nez.
  Bouche iodée, du melon miel, c'est assez gras, très Rhône, et une finale amère moyennement longue. Du jus de fruits de mer ! Ce n'est pas "clean", pas très bien défini. Acidité moyenne, moins que mes attentes en chenin. La différence nez-bouche est assez déroutante. Le vin bénéficie par contre d'une belle vivacité, il est vibrant. Mais à l'aveugle j'aurais dit que c'était un bon St-Joseph ! Encore ? Pas certain, sauf pour surprendre, mais il faut dire que j'apprécie peu le rhône nord. Si c'est votre tasse de thé, foncez !

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  6/10/2016 - PT insurgent wrote:

  Pronounced, creamy leesy, ripe citrus, orange, lemon, apricot, peach. High acid, long finish.

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