Gäbrielskloof The Landscape Series Elodie Chenin Blanc 2015
By Christian Eedes, 28 July 2016
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Pretty as a picture.
The Reserve range from Gäbrielskloof in Bot River has been renamed the Landscape series, wine labels featuring paintings by artist Niel Jonker. Winemaker Peter-Allan Finlayson sources grapes from around the Cape and a new wine in the series is a Swartland Chenin Blanc from the 2015 vintage called Elodie.
Matured for eight months in old 400- and 500-litre barrels, it shows orange and peach, spice and some yeasty complexity on the nose. The palate has breadth and depth – luscious fruit, zesty acidity and a gently savoury finish. Particularly pleasing on account of a generosity and expressiveness that’s sometimes absent in Chenin from this part of the world. Wine Cellar price: R240 a bottle.
#WinemagRating: 94/100.
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