Nederburg Edelkeur Durbanville Noble Late Harvest 2009 92 Points

Nederburg Edelkeur Durbanville Noble Late Harvest 2009 92 Points


Clear, day bright, pale gold with green reflections, medium plus concentration and medium viscosity, no gas.

Clean with medium plus intensity, apricot, blood orange, marmelade and Fynbos honey, some white stone minerality coming through, excellent purity of fruit, no wood as Cellarmaster Razvan Macici believed wood inteferes with the purity, so true!

Sweet, with high acidity, low alcohol new flavours of juicy white peaches, pineapples, round and creamy, fresh and precise, very elegant, impressive with a spick musk note on farewell, medium plus complexity and medium plus lenght.

This is a preview of the 2009, it's bottle but not labelled yet and in most probability will be on Nederburg Auction in around 2017 / 2018, it is 100% Chenin Blanc from Durbanville, the sugar is just over 200 g/l with a total acidity of over 10 g/l, this is the original Late harvest, minicule production of only 1200 litres.

Edelkeur is a very slow developer and usually requires about 8 to 10 years from vintage, unyielding when young, hence explaining my conservative rating of this vintage, and I suspect it will reached higher scores when it will be commercially available in a couple of years, it is a collectible item and will add value to any good private cellars or well respected wine lists and having the luck to taste many vintages going back to the 1970"s, I can confidently say, it is a Noble Late with huge stamina and will stand the test of time, and again it is surprisingly very good value on auction, compare to other world example of similar calibre, from 2020+ until 2045+ if cellared under optimal conditions.

This is simply world class stuff hibernating, well done Razvan and team.