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Lothian Vineyards Chardonnay 2020 is an award-winning Chardonnay counting a gold medal from the International Wine Challenge amongst its haul. It’s produced in South Africa in the Burgundian-style, is very complex and lip-smackingly refreshing. It was the talk of the trade at its UK launch in early 2024.
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| Wine Style | White Wine, Rich Creamy White |
|---|---|
| Grape Variety | Chardonnay |
| Country | South Africa |
| ABV | 13.50% |
| Oaked | Yes |
| Cork | No, Screwcap |
| Lifestyle | Vegan, Vegetarian |
| Volume | 75cl |
| Drink By | 2028 |
Lothian Vineyards Chardonnay 2020 has just arrived. It was the talk of the town at a recent trade fair. More details coming soon but here are the producer’s tasting notes:
“The colour is very bright and clear with flashes of yellow and gold. The nose is quite prominent and complex. It starts with notes of very ripe oranges, bananas and tangerine peel. These light fruit notes move to the heavier ones of a tarte tatin made with pineapples. The entry is surprisingly bracing. The fine acidic backbone that gives this wine a lively tension asserts itself immediately. Flavours of yellow citrus, pineapple and nectarines come to the fore. Wood is noted but it is very much in the background. It provides a fragrant base and some texture to the mid palate. This wine has good length and all the while the flavours change in the mouth, the acid stands guard ensuring a very clean finish.”
Lothian Vineyards Chardonnay 2020 is produced in the Burgundian-style by winemaker Richard Kershaw who is also a Master of Wine. The owners of Lothian Vineyards, the Wilson family, have Scottish roots and are third generation Cape winemakers.
This is a very food-friendly wine. Like many Chardonnays this wine will work well with richer dishes such as foie gras, chicken, ham, pork or veal in creamy sauces, parmesan cheese, mushrooms and truffles. But it is light enough not to overpower lighter dishes such as fish, seafood and chicken. Also lovely on its own!
Serve at: 10 – 14°C
“The colour is very bright and clear with flashes of yellow and gold. The nose is quite prominent and complex. It starts with notes of very ripe oranges, bananas and tangerine peel. These light fruit notes move to the heavier ones of a tarte tatin made with pineapples. The entry is surprisingly bracing. The fine acidic backbone that gives this wine a lively tension asserts itself immediately. Flavours of yellow citrus, pineapple and nectarines come to the fore. Wood is noted but it is very much in the background. It provides a fragrant base and some texture to the mid palate. This wine has good length and all the while the flavours change in the mouth, the acid stands guard ensuring a very clean finish.”
95 points & Gold Medal – International Wine Challenge 2022
“Smokey matchstick top note marked citrus fruit on nose. Very long finish with complexity from judicious oak. Outstanding example of South Africa’s Cool climate wines. Firm structure, savoury and long, lingering acidity.”
91 points Falstaff
“Medium yellow green, silver reflections. Delicate cookie, ripe yellow tropical fruit of mango and papaya, light blossom honey, smoky herbal savouriness underneath. Juicy, subtle notes of white peach and lychee, hints of caramel, subtle acidity, fruity expression in the finish, accessible food wine of medium length.”
16.5 points – JancisRobinson.com
“Tasting this at the tail end of a very interesting mini vertical of Lothian Rieslings, the thing that most struck me is how Riesling-like their Chardonnay is! Breathtakingly high acidity, smoke and limes, race and tension so strung wire to wire that it feels as if the wine might snap in your mouth, into a million tiny shards. And then, just towards the end, the wine relents: apricots and cream, warm almonds, pistachios. You could drink this now, but personally I’d give it another two or three years in bottle (tasted in Jan 2023).”
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