Rall Wines

Chenin Blanc, Noa, 2023

Name: Chenin Blanc, Noa
Brand: Rall Wines
Price: 253.93 GBP

96+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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2023
75cl
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£42.31
2023
6x75cl
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£253.93

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Noa 2023 is one concrete egg, produced from the highest, most granitic parcel of vines on the Paardeberg, planted in 1969. Dart-like and energetic, it has a vivid snap and crunch to the wiry lime and appley fruits, very complete and composed with great vitality.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

96+/100

Monica Larner,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

With vines on granite soils, the Rall 2023 Swartland Chenin Blanc Noa comes from very old drought-resistant vines planted in 1969. This wine is not marketed as a single-vineyard expression, although that's exactly what it is. With this exceptional creation, vintner Donovan Rall sought to explore the "spirit of granite," as he says. He makes one concrete egg and a production of 1,800 bottles. The vineyard is just over two hectares and is located around the corner from Andrea Mullineux. This wine delivers a more powerful tannic bite that adds a spectacular level of crispness that is transmitted across star fruit, unripe peach and sliced red apple. With old-vine Chenin Blanc, you sometimes get a hint of remoulade or celery root and a hint of bitterness. This wine shows a dry, pithy finish, a telltale sign of old-vine Chenin Blanc. This is the third vintage made. Donovan Rall's youngest daughter, Noa, was born in 2020, and the first vintage of the wine named in her honor was made in 2021. The style is inward-looking and reductive in personality, but it also has a lot of inner energy for long cellar-aging potential. This is one seriously beautiful wine.

drinking window 2025 - 2038

date of review 06/2025

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.