Rustenberg Chardonnay
Vintage: | 2020 |
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Winery: | Rustenberg |
Description: | 4 ½ Stars 2022 Platter's South African Wine Guide Offers usual richer but dry, oak-spiced style in 20 (93 pts), citrus zest more prominent, adding further interest & freshness to nutty complexity, lees enrichment. Expressive, very tasty & ageworthy. French oak, 25% new 10 months. 91 pts Tim Atkin MW 2021 Rustenberg's estate Chardonnay is always a textbook Simonsberg expression of the grape, with pear, melon and citrus fruit, some cream from full malolactic, 25% new wood and a mineral backbone. Very drinkable. 2021-24 91 pts 'Silver Medal' 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards Smart, compact, white blossom, white citrus, honeysuckle, apple pie, and a hint of fresh mint. Restrained, mineral and elegant |
Price: | $ 19.99 |
Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Southern Hemisphere Wine Center
Address: |
5973 Engineer Drive Huntington Beach, CA 92649 United States |
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Telephone (toll-free): | 800-504-9463 |
Telephone (regular): | 714-892-3030 |
Fax: | 714-892-6930 |
First added to 1000 Corks on August 5, 2021.