Name: Raats Original Chenin Blanc
Variety: 100% Chenin Blanc
Region: Coastal Region
Country: South Africa
Year: 2012
Price: $14.99
Winery Review: Legend has it that it was an earlier Raats generation that brought the Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc vines to South Africa from the Loire Valley, France. Today, idealistic winemaker Bruwer Raats, continues this legacy by focusing exclusively on these varietals ... Original Chenin is crafted without the use of any oak in order to preserve the wine's 'original' vibrant fresh fruit character. It's packed with luscious flavors of golden delicious apple and citrus, with subtle notes of ginger, honeysuckle and orange blossom backed by a bright, tangy minerality - Cape Classics Import
My review: This wine had a very bitter and acidic smell to me, which was an immediate turn off for me. I couldn't really taste the luscious flavors of apple or citrus, but the bitterness still prevailed. I would have rather not tasted this wine and did not like it.
Winery Review: Legend has it that it was an earlier Raats generation that brought the Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc vines to South Africa from the Loire Valley, France. Today, idealistic winemaker Bruwer Raats, continues this legacy by focusing exclusively on these varietals ... Original Chenin is crafted without the use of any oak in order to preserve the wine's 'original' vibrant fresh fruit character. It's packed with luscious flavors of golden delicious apple and citrus, with subtle notes of ginger, honeysuckle and orange blossom backed by a bright, tangy minerality - Cape Classics Import
My review: This wine had a very bitter and acidic smell to me, which was an immediate turn off for me. I couldn't really taste the luscious flavors of apple or citrus, but the bitterness still prevailed. I would have rather not tasted this wine and did not like it.
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