Notes

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Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'"I'm very lazy," jokes Koen Roose, "I just bottle what the terroir gives me." This is a bigger, bolder Chenin than his Sarah Raal bottling, sourced from clay and shale soils. Thicker skins, 20% new oak and greater concentration make this rich, leesy, structured wine stand out. Elgin's best expression of the grape. 2020-28' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2019, 95/100

'Chenin off ferricrete soil. 2018 pure, complex aromas & flavours, with a subtle earthy nuttiness. Crisp & refined, unshowy but intense, with fine vein of citric acidity. Lightly oaked & on lees for added breadth. Drier & less rich than notably impressive 2017 (5 stars, 95 pts).' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2020, 4.5* (93/100)

'Bright apple, honey, dried herbs and some stony, nutty complexity. Crisp, linear and chalky textured, with a saline tang. Good length.' - Tim Jackson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 16.5/20 (Dec 2019)