Chenin & Pinotage
Timed Online Auction, 4 - 11 September 2023
Chenin & Pinotage
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About this Item
Pale lemon straw colour with a clean nose of fruit and blossoms. We smell lilac and tulip flowers, citrus fruit zest, elderberry, quince, ripe fig, nuttiness and spices. On the palate there is the layered complexity of some nuttiness from the barrel maturation with bruised apple, peach and nuances of freshly cut mushrooms. Pickling spices and white citrus blossoms come through with a fine minerality. Beautifully balanced acidity and intense core. Like Sarah Raal '17, this is a fresh, crisp and elegant wine, with tremendous depth. - Winery notes
Provenance
Restaurant Mosaic
Critics Ratings
'Johanna Brandt was a leader of the "pettitcoat commando" during the Boer War, emphasising Spioenkop's links with the conflict. Sourced from shale soils, it sees 30% new oak and has plenty of concentration, with apple and quince fruit, some baking spices and thrilling minerality. 2018-24' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2017, 94/100
'Of the fine pair of 2016 chenins, this off shale soil & more noticeably oaked: 30% new, broadening the palate, bringing out the earthy element & making for less obviously pure fruit. More acidic too, & more powerful & perhaps more potentially expressive.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2018, 4.5* (92/100)
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