Grape - Chenin Blanc
Alcohol - 13.5%
Available from - Waitrose
Price - £11.99
Appearance - Clear; golden; medium+ intensity
Nose - Clean; medium intensity; lime, apple, peach, green pepper.
Palate - Dry; medium+ acid; medium+ alcohol; medium intensity; full body; medium+ length; apple, lemon&lime, a touch of smoke, stone fruit.
Balance - 6 Length - 8 Intensity - 6 Complexity - 7
This is terrific value. It has a really creamy, almost chewy body, probably due to the fact that it has had some time maturing in oak - even so, it is surprisingly, and pleasantly, full bodied. The bottle claims ageing potential and I agree, I can see the alcohol flavour mellowing and the complex flavours from the time in oak coming to the fore. I am inclined to buy another one and give it a couple of years in my wine rack, as I am confident that patience will pay off.
Don't drink it really, really cold because you will lose some of the subtle flavours.
Chenin Blanc, as a grape, produces high acid wines in hot climes, which is unusual.
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