Monthly Tasting Group HWS #071; 14 Chenin Blanc plus 4 Pinotage (By AH & UG): Some vegetables like asparagus in the bouquet. On the palate ripe yellow fruits like melon and tart pineapple and tart lemon. Also some grasses. Some bitterness in the finish. No oak used. A well balanced and good refreshing wine.
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Here's the endorsment: I chose this over red juice. Dinner was BBQ chicken and steamed veggies and I had this and a Monterrey Co. Pinot Noir available. Drained a glass of the PN and then decided to have a glass of white. Surprise! This bottle is empty. This is clean, fresh, crisp, and satisfying. The nose has a touch of grass and citrus and for flavors, the same as the aromas plus an element of creaminess. Excellent bru!
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(13.5%) 100% Chenin Blanc – Orange blossoms with nice tropical and stone fruit notes on the nose. Starts light & crisp on the palate with glimpses of white fruit before bright lemon rock flavors take over. A steely (this one sees no oak) minerality emerges which lasts (with the lemon) all the way through the finish where it lingers nicely. This one lacked the crispness I’ve come to expect of South African Chenin Blanc on the finish which makes this one much more food friendly though it is quite quaffable on its own as well. Feel free to pair it with fish, salad or a sunny day.
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9/12/2012 - Zweder wrote: 85 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS #071; 14 Chenin Blanc plus 4 Pinotage (By AH & UG): Some vegetables like asparagus in the bouquet. On the palate ripe yellow fruits like melon and tart pineapple and tart lemon. Also some grasses. Some bitterness in the finish. No oak used. A well balanced and good refreshing wine.
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5/10/2012 - Yme wrote: 83 Points
Fresh grass and citrus nose. Clean, crisp palate of delicate summer fruits. Fresh and very easy drinking.
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9/28/2011 - RobertDwyer wrote: 82 Points
Crisp with a slightly bitter streak on the end. Not particularly food-friendly. Thought it battled a bit with Chinese takeout.
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1/20/2011 - Racer117 wrote: 89 Points
Here's the endorsment: I chose this over red juice. Dinner was BBQ chicken and steamed veggies and I had this and a Monterrey Co. Pinot Noir available. Drained a glass of the PN and then decided to have a glass of white. Surprise! This bottle is empty. This is clean, fresh, crisp, and satisfying. The nose has a touch of grass and citrus and for flavors, the same as the aromas plus an element of creaminess. Excellent bru!
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11/20/2010 - Jason Rzutkiewicz wrote: 85 Points
(13.5%) 100% Chenin Blanc – Orange blossoms with nice tropical and stone fruit notes on the nose. Starts light & crisp on the palate with glimpses of white fruit before bright lemon rock flavors take over. A steely (this one sees no oak) minerality emerges which lasts (with the lemon) all the way through the finish where it lingers nicely. This one lacked the crispness I’ve come to expect of South African Chenin Blanc on the finish which makes this one much more food friendly though it is quite quaffable on its own as well. Feel free to pair it with fish, salad or a sunny day.
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