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2007 Uva Mira Vineyards Chardonnay Single Vineyard Stellenbosch
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2007 Uva Mira Vineyards Chardonnay Single Vineyard Stellenbosch

Producer: Uva Mira Vineyards
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: South Africa
Region: South Africa

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93 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2009

($35) Pale, bright yellow. Sexy, complex nose combines peach, lemon drop, smoky oak, hazelnut and leesy traces. Densely packed and tactile, with lovely minerality to the chewy, savory, dry flavors of yellow peach and spices. This concentrated and uncompromising chardonnay is about much more than simply fruit. Finishes broad but weightless, with serious structure and considerable finesse. Needs a year or two to loosen up a bit. One of South Africa's elite chardonnays-and a superb vintage for this bottling.

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About South Africa

South Africa has produced wines in the area of Cape Town since the 17th century, but the country's significant place in the U.S. market is far more recent. During the era of apartheid, trade sanctions imposed on imports from South Africa kept these wines out of the U.S. and many other markets, with the effect that local South African winemakers had little incentive to produce wines that could compete in a global setting...
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Chardonnay

The best Chardonnays in the world continue to arrive from the region where the grape first emerged: the chalk, clay, and limestone vineyards of Burgundy and Chablis. While the origins of the grape were disputed for many years, with some speculating that the grape came all the way from the Middle East, DNA researchers at the University of California-Davis proved in 1999 that Chardonnay actually developed...
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