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2008 Rustenberg Wines Chardonnay Five Soldiers Stellenbosch
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2008 Rustenberg Wines Chardonnay Five Soldiers Stellenbosch

Producer: Rustenberg Wines
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: South Africa
Region: South Africa

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92 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2011

(aged 15 months in French oak, 70% new):  Bright pale yellow.  Captivating aromas of peach, nectarine, flinty minerality, nutmeg and sexy oak.  The palate offers lovely restrained sweetness and concentration, with the strong mineral component giving the wine terrific life in the mouth.  Finishes long and supple, with a note of marzipan.  This very sexy young chardonnay needs a bit more time in bottle to gain additional complexity but does not seem to be high in acidity. This was the first vintage vinified by Randolph Christians, who was assistant winemaker here for years until Adi Badenhorst left to begin his own operation.

91 Points | Wine Spectator
91 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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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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