Another wine from the Naudé Estate in the Western Cape of South Africa – one of Martin Cahnbley’s excellent range of South African wines that he imports and is available at both his retail store Cahn’s in Auckland’s O’Connell street, and online at www.planetwine.co.nz. I had reviewed the white blend in March – here: www.winefolio.co.nz/?p=10517
A translucent pale lemon-green in the glass. An elegant aroma with green apple, lime, pepper, almond, pineapple and grapefruit. Dry, with a crisp acidity that has a briney, preserved lemon, green olive and salinity to it. Despite being ten years in the bottle (under cork) this is still tight as a drum. A slightly waxy texture comes around those tart, juicy flavours mid-palate, offering more complexity, and settling into a gentler finish with reasonable length. 93pts
