Excellent and complex. The nose starts like a Burgundy - struck match and minerality, subtle citrus. That leads to lime and lemon peel, a subtle bit of grip like grapefruit pith, fresh herbs and mint. Composed and giving, with some viscosity to it. Long finish with medium + acidity. Memorable and different.
Fruity, chewy texture, marmalade but not sweet, a hint of vinegar (va), long. Brought this to a blind tasting where it came at shared first place at half the price of the other wine. Very good value and a very nice wine.
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Tasted a lineup of 2016-2020 Hemelrand Vine Garden. After the Cartology, this was rounder, more fruity and also felt a bit warmer/richer (perhaps due to the Roussanne and other warmer grape varieties). 2019 was the most impressive of the lot for me; 2016 was flawed. A replacement bottle showed better, but not the best vintage in my opinion.
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11/24/2023 - pinotbestia Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent and complex. The nose starts like a Burgundy - struck match and minerality, subtle citrus. That leads to lime and lemon peel, a subtle bit of grip like grapefruit pith, fresh herbs and mint. Composed and giving, with some viscosity to it. Long finish with medium + acidity. Memorable and different.
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9/6/2023 - arvidpalmqvist Likes this wine:
Fruity, chewy texture, marmalade but not sweet, a hint of vinegar (va), long. Brought this to a blind tasting where it came at shared first place at half the price of the other wine. Very good value and a very nice wine.
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8/23/2023 - Gannet2013 Likes this wine:
Took a while to open up but excellent when it did. Although I think I preferred the 2018 vintage of this.
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8/22/2023 - DJ Rooster wrote:
Very burgundian
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8/13/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tasted a lineup of 2016-2020 Hemelrand Vine Garden. After the Cartology, this was rounder, more fruity and also felt a bit warmer/richer (perhaps due to the Roussanne and other warmer grape varieties). 2019 was the most impressive of the lot for me; 2016 was flawed. A replacement bottle showed better, but not the best vintage in my opinion.
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