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Grape Variety
Chenin Blanc
Producer
Generation 8 Chenin Blanc, Coastal Region
Chenin Blanc is one of the signature varieties of the Cape and this is a great example which scored very high in my tasting. 2020 Generation 8 exudes white fruits, melon, lemon aromas then leads to a soft creamy wine with flavours of lemon meringue pie, peaches and nectarines which stay on the palate.
Generation 8 Merlot, Coastal Region
Mulberries and plummy fruit aromas lie over a savoury background. This is a medium-bodied Merlot which is soft and smooth with lots of cherry flavours. The Generation 8 label represents the current eighth generation of vine growers on a 300-year-old farm.
Adama Red W.O. Wellington
Intense aromas of coconut and red cherries lead to more succulent fruits on the palate. This is a medium- to full-bodied wine, dense in structure with good mid-palate weight and mellow oaky flavours. A blend of unusual varietals that enjoy the warm Wellington climate; mainly planted on schist soils with Shiraz grown in the cool upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley on decomposed granite. Component wines were matured in new American and older French oak with the final blend made up of 50% Shiraz, 14% Mourvèdre, 11% Primitivo, 11% Cinsaut, 10% Grenache Noir, 3% Viognier and 2% Nero d’Avola.
Chenin Blanc is one of the signature varieties of the Cape and this is a great example which scored very high in my tasting. 2020 Generation 8 exudes white fruits, melon, lemon aromas then leads to a soft creamy wine with flavours of lemon meringue pie, peaches and nectarines which stay on the palate.
Mulberries and plummy fruit aromas lie over a savoury background. This is a medium-bodied Merlot which is soft and smooth with lots of cherry flavours. The Generation 8 label represents the current eighth generation of vine growers on a 300-year-old farm.
Intense aromas of coconut and red cherries lead to more succulent fruits on the palate. This is a medium- to full-bodied wine, dense in structure with good mid-palate weight and mellow oaky flavours. A blend of unusual varietals that enjoy the warm Wellington climate; mainly planted on schist soils with Shiraz grown in the cool upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley on decomposed granite. Component wines were matured in new American and older French oak with the final blend made up of 50% Shiraz, 14% Mourvèdre, 11% Primitivo, 11% Cinsaut, 10% Grenache Noir, 3% Viognier and 2% Nero d’Avola.
