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Reserve Chardonnay

8.716 ratings
8.93 pro ratings
Stellenbosch, Coastal Region, Western Cape, South Africa
Chardonnay
Blue Cheese, Fruit Desserts
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Shengli Hu

Fresh herbs, sea salt, ripe yellow delicious apple, sweet baking spices, allspice, Meyer lemon, juicy peach, fresh apricot, crushed stone - decomposed granite. 35% new oak, 15% stainless steel. 1/3 malo, 10 months in barrel/tank. Medium+ finish, medium minus acid, elevated body. A week of fermentation with indigenous yeasts, then inoculate to ferment to dry. Linear.

Fresh herbs, sea salt, ripe yellow delicious apple, sweet baking spices, allspice, Meyer lemon, juicy peach, fresh apricot, crushed stone - decomposed granite. 35% new oak, 15% stainless steel. 1/3 malo, 10 months in barrel/tank. Medium+ finish, medium minus acid, elevated body. A week of fermentation with indigenous yeasts, then inoculate to ferment to dry. Linear.

Jan 16th, 2020
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20190414 parklane S Africa chef w20002w

Apr 14th, 2019
Henry Chan

2006...
Fruity and complicated...

2006...
Fruity and complicated...

Oct 28th, 2018
Henry Gorndorff

Loved this - light, fresh and a taste of summer

Loved this - light, fresh and a taste of summer

Feb 17th, 2017
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