Boschendal Reserve Collection Coastal Region Chardonnay 2009 88 Points

Boschendal Reserve Collection Coastal Region Chardonnay 2009 88 Points


Clear, day bright, straw hue with pale gold and slight yellow rim, medium plus concentration and high viscosity, evidence of gas, no sediment.

Clean, medium plus intensity, ripe citrus note, tangerine, blood orange segment, barley and corn syrup and hints of stony / pebbly note, matchstick complexity evident, some charry element, French oak evident but well judged.

Dry with hints of residual sugar, perhaps somewhere between 2.5 to 3/L? medium plus to high acidity, possibly acidified, high alcohol, new flavors of ripe stone fruit such as peaches, apricot and nectarines, well lifted by the limey / orange note that follows through, creamy texture, pithy on aftertaste.

Medium plus lenght and medium plus complexity, very much a Chardonnay to be enjoyed with food, served at 12 degrees celsius, excellent now, but will reward cellaring under optimum conditions, and will drink well until 2019+.

Stylistically it is a cross between Top Elgin and Hemel en Aarde Chardonnay's, yes New World in style and bright fruit.