We
had a superb tasting of Noble Late Harvest wines last night at our wine club
and this wine was one that really impressed from those which are still
available for purchase. The bottle looks like a Christmas tree with baubles, it
is so decorated, but you do need to take the gongs seriously; it is not easy to
earn a Platinum award from Michelangelo or many of the other awards. The producer
is a co-operative in Rawsonville which produces a range of very good wines,
with dessert wines being four of the five wines which were awarded four or more
stars in the 2016 Platter. The exception is the Chardonnay sur lie. This wine
earned four stars
The
wine is, as expected, a honeyed, amber-coloured sweet wine with great acid
sugar balance. It is full of treacle tart on the nose, quite salty, with almost
a liquorice drop character and with bucketfuls of apricots and marmalade. A
wine to go perfectly with desserts and rich patés. And, at last, some
serendipity. We discovered that we have a bottle in our cellar. It is made from
80% Chenin blanc and 20% Hanepoot (or, if you like, Muscat d ‘Alexandrie). It is available on line from the cellar
at R75 per bottle
© John & Lynne
Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2016
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