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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Glenelly The Glass Collection Unwooded Stellenbosch Chardonnay 2011 89 Points



Clear, day bright, pale straw with green /yellow reflections.
Clean, medium intensity, excellent purity of fruit, lemony, green orange, green apples, quite "Chablis" like, steely, mineral, well defined unoaked Chardonnay.

Dry, with high acidity, lean, steely, racy, medium plus alcohol (13.5%) still need time to merge, possibly could have been in a better evolution under natural cork!, fresh, best from spring 2013, until 2017+

Glenelly Cellars, in Simonsberg-Stellenbosch was acquired in 2003 by May de Lencquesaing, famous for the wines of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in Bordeaux (France!)