Thread Lightly by Backsberg Western Cape Chenin Blanc 2010 79+ Points

Thread Lightly by Backsberg Western Cape Chenin Blanc 2010 79+ Points


Clear, bright, pale straw with medium intensity, the rim has slight yellow reflections, medium viscosity with some CO2 bubbles.

Clean, medium plus intensity, youthful development, ripe Golden delicious apples, ripe yellow pears, good complexity and depth, hay, dried jasmin note, some minerality, spicy musk and slight yeasty complexity, no wood, slight cider note.

Dry with some residual sugar, medium acidity, medium bodied, apples and pears flavours follows through, with new notes of barley, spicy, medium alcohol, no wood, short to medium lenght.
For now until 2015