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| CHARDONNAY 2017 WO Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Walker Bay |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
HAMILTON RUSSELL |
| Bright medium straw colour. Intense, complex, maturing, toasty, spicy, ripe lemon meringue nose with some key lime pie and cedar notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, well structured, slightly spicy, intense, warm ripe lemon meringue flavours and a long, lingering, lime-tinged, fairly high acid, toasty finish. Has 13% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. TONY ASPLER / 91-points / TRY - Mildly reductive, spicy nose of apple, lime and toasty oak; medium to full-bodied, dry, apple and lemon flavours with a toasty clovey note on the finish. The recommended 2016 (***) was released on September 30, 2017 at $43.95. |
CSPC |
931006 |
| Type |
White Table Wine |
| Agent |
Tri Alt |
| Country |
South Africa |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Intense, Complex, Spicy |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
| TASTING NOTE: The entire portfolio of 2017 vintage Hamilton Russell wines is amazing...But the star is the flagship Chardonnay...it is a triumph. Grown in one of the most southerly wine estates in Africa...the vineyards which overlook the ocean are blessed with a stunning maritime climate. 90% of this wine has been barrel fermented and aged for 9 months in French oak barriques of varying ages and a variety of toast levels. The remaining 10% is aged in large foudres, stainless steel and ceramic eggs...The results are delicate and impossibly elegant. It is pure, pale, innocent and yet firmly structured on the palate and incredibly long. It has every element of Chardonnay which I admire and it does it with Zen-like calm. I think that you will like this wine very much indeed. (Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com, April 6, 2018) |
Price |
$ 44.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - July 7, 2018 |
| Cases bought |
159 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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