Uva Mira Chardonnay (The Mira) 2020

Vinproducent:  Christiaan Coetzee

Appelation : Stellenbosch

Druesort: Chardonnay

The Mira Chardonnay - TASTING NOTES

COLOUR Pale straw

NOSE Highly aromatic with concentrated orange and yellow stone fruit, some delightfully creamy, earthy oatmeal aromas and chalky mineral notes.

PALATE The pure and mineral-edged zesty citrus flavours carry through to the palate amid delicate hints of nutty oats. Elegance combined with a clear expression of pure fruit showing juicy lemon, lime and orange which culminates in a dry, yet refreshing finish – truly nectar of the vine.

GRAPE VARIETY: Chardonnay

WINE ANALYSIS

Alcohol: 13.5 %      RS: 2.9 g/litre      TA: 7.7 g/litre      pH: 3.06

Jancis Robinson, London writes a weekly column for the Financial Times as well as running her own website, www.JancisRobinson.com. Together with Tamlyn Currin, WSET Diploma & Writer at JancisRobinson.com May 2021:    “Deep lime, toasted coconut, green vineyard peach and intense Jamaican tangelo citrus. Despite being the cheapest of the Uva Mira wines, it is pulsing with thoroughbred gloss. Even better 24 hours after being opened – a strong coconut presence of oak on day one that is less brash, more melded on day two. Smells like grilled peaches and fresh papaya and clotted cream, but under that, a touch of sea shells. Fills the mouth. Generous and plump but there is plenty of well-sculpted muscle and bone structure here. Drive and length and complex layers. Umami; there is a definite taste of oysters here! Very complex, very interesting".