As part of my WSET preparations I wanted to taste South African white wines, of which I haven’t tried that many yet. I bought two examples from the same producer at a local wine shop. The wines are from False Bay, which are based in the Western Cape region at the Southern tip of the African continent. There, the cooling climate from the seashore allows for the production of fresh wines despite the generally hot climate.
Clear in the glass, slightly darker lemon yellow. Pure and clean on the nose, but somewhat restrained at first. The wine is matured in stainless steel tanks, to my knowledge without long lees ageing. In a larger glass, slightly buttery after a few minutes, with still restrained fruit. Rather low acidity, a little thin overall. Comparatively short finish.
Drink from 2023 through 2025.
Tasted by Dominik Müller on Tuesday, 31 October 2023.
| Flawed? | no | |
| DM: |
4Wines with a 3 to 4-point rating are average on a fine wine level. Well-made without apparent flaws, but lacking distinct intensity or depth. / 20 ("passable") |
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| WSET SAT: |
1.0Wines with a 1.0 WSET rating are judged as 'average'. In the WSET scoring system, where we consider balance (B), intensity (I), length (L) and complexity (C), these wines managed to get at least one point or two half points in either of these four categories. In terms of my personal rating system, wines with a WSET score of 1.0 tend to have around 83 to 84 DM points. / 4.0 |
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| Favourite: | No |
| Vintage: | 2022 |
| Colour: | white |
| Style: | still (dry) |
| Assemblage: | no |
| Grape variety: | Chardonnay |
| For assemblages, the main grape variety is shown. | |
| Producer: | False Bay |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Region: | Coastal Region |
| Subregion: | n/a |
| Appellation: | n/a |
| Vineyard: | n/a |
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