Pella The Vanilla Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2010 81 Points

Super Single Vineyards

From old bush vines grown in high potential, poor gravel and pot clay, established in 1971, yielding a mere 5 tons per hectare, pale straw with slight yellow reflections towards the rim, some Co2.

Clean, moderate plus intensity, ripe tropical fruit, yellow citrus, fleshy red apples, pears, stony mineral with subtle oaking lending indeed vanillin and light toast note.

Dry with dash residual sugar, textured with fairly rich structure well offset by medium acidity, juicy, nutty profile with well integrated high alcohol of 14% abv, fresh and lively, good lenght, now until 2015.