Wildeberg The Tea Leaf 2022 Bottle size: 750ml
South Africa, Franschhoek
R140
‘Almost ridiculously cheap for an Old Vine Project white, this is a well-framed, naturally fermented assemblage of Chenin Blanc with 20% Grenache Gris and Marsanne. Citrus and yellow apple flavours are embellished by some skin tannin bitterness and notes of aniseed and wet stones. 2023-27’ – Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2023, 90/100
‘On the nose there are notes of ripe peach, salted butter, and macadamia. The palate combines firm, high-key fruit with a gentle, sandy texture true to the source vineyards’ soil leading to a savoury, lightly honeyed finish. This is a deeply satisfying wine made from a blend of high quality bush vine fruit.’ – Winemaker
‘On the nose there are notes of ripe peach, salted butter, and macadamia. The palate combines firm, high-key fruit with a gentle, sandy texture true to the source vineyards’ soil leading to a savoury, lightly honeyed finish. This is a deeply satisfying wine made from a blend of high quality bush vine fruit.’ – Winemaker
Condition | New |
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Winemaker | JD Rossouw |
Alcohol | 13% |
Blend information | 80% Chenin Blanc, 13% Grenache Gris and 7% Marsanne |
Drink to | Drink or cellar |
Variety | Blend |
Rating | TA 90 |
Technical analysis | RS: 4.1 g/l | TA: 5.9 g/l | PH: 3.4 |
Producer information | The Wildeberg wines express the most captivating Franschhoek Valley fruit. In our Wildeberg Terroirs bottlings we look beyond our home to a clutch of exceptional sites of other origin. The farm’s compact barrel hall is busily bubbling away with wild ferments whilst a small winery will form the next evolutionary phase. We have sublime accommodation for guests and arguably the most dramatically-appointed tasting room in the hemisphere. A mountain rich in metaphor with the visual heft to flatter any wine, releases of Wildeberg and Terroirs express our continued purpose – exceptional wines of place, however humble the origin. If the abiding memory of our wines remains a textural sense of place then we are portraying the Cape as hoped. |
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COLLECTION (Cape Town only):
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Wine Cellar offers professional wine storage at our premises in Cape Town. If you are not an existing cellaring client, please view our rates and set up an account by visiting our cellaring page.
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