Koelfontein
When there is tasting of multiple
vintages of lemon meringue yoghurt wine, I a happy person am made.
WHITE:
- Chardonnay (2010): 9 months in 1st fill. Lemon cheesecake custard, tennis biscuit cheesecake base, lingering biscuits, toasted tennis biscuits, lurking toasty pith (**)
- Chardonnay (2011): Lemon jelly & custard, lemon & lime cheesecake, full, fresh, light, tangy tinned pineapple syrup, creamy, whisper of orange rind, toasty nuts (**)
- Chardonnay (2012): Rye, biscuit crust, dried peaches & apricot, chunky marmalade, acidic end, shy.
RED:
- Shiraz (2006): Toffee apple berries, sugar syrup sweetness, soft, wispy tannins of taffeta, smokey, smidgen of Scott’s Emulsion, Milk of Magnesia mouthfeel (*)
- Shiraz (2007): Jammy, berry jam with nutmeg, savoury cinnamon, meaty fruit, latte, coffee grounds, chunk dark chocolate, background of black cherry cream, banana.
- Shiraz (2008): Coffee-cured biltong, wet & meaty, strong coffee with tart black cherry essence, black cherry liquorice, winter cherry & lentil soup, building Thai spice.
- Shiraz (2009): Nutmeg baked cherries, savoury stuffed cherries, smokey & bloody chorizo, shy on the tongue, grippy on the side of the mouth.
- Shiraz (2010): Fresh black cherries, lightly bakes cherries, soft down pillows, whispers of tannin, full & creamy, licking whipped cream. (**)
Notes:
- Label was started in 2002
- 3 000 bottles of Chardonnay produced per year
- 6 000 bottles of Shiraz per year – 18 months on new oak
- Only farm in the Ceres with grapes (5ha) - actually a fruit farm
- No cellar on the farm, the wine is made at Saronsberg
- Snowfall area
- 2006 & 2007 Shiraz was from the presenters’ private stock
- Corlien of Wine Concepts is the owners’ sister
- 2009 was only labelled for competitions, was not released at the time of tasting
- Wine, fresh fruit & dried fruit are all sold under the same label
- Stock Woolworths with dried fruit
