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2008 Thelema Mountain Vineyards Chardonnay Stellenbosch
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2008 Thelema Mountain Vineyards Chardonnay Stellenbosch

Producer: Thelema Mountain Vineyards
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: South Africa
Region: South Africa

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , November 2009

Bright medium yellow.  Crystallized lemon peel, peach, nutmeg, minerals and toasty oak on the lively nose.  Then minerally, firm and backward, combining lovely grip and a light touch.  Quite bracing for a chardonnay from Thelema, due in part to the cooler vintage.  With its fresh acidity and strong underlying minerality, this very persistent chardonnay will be interesting to follow for the next several years.  (ST)

88 Points | Wine Spectator

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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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