David & Nadia

Skaliekop, Chenin Blanc, Swartland, 2022

Name: Skaliekop, Chenin Blanc, Swartland
Brand: David & Nadia
Price: 423.13 GBP

90/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92/100

Vinous

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2022
75cl
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£70.51
2022
6x75cl
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£423.13

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The Skaliekop (Shale-Hill) vines were planted in 1985 in very shallow shale soils in the Paardeberg, an anomaly in this granite-rich region. A small tractor road divides the Plat’bos and Skaliekop vineyards. Skaliekop was harvested mid-February in two tranches. The wines of the different pickings were aged separately, before blending and then bottling at the end of the year. Sparkling, clear-cut zippy citrus fruits and white fruits, the 2022 has an impactful feel with a firm stony edge. Wonderfully pure and mineral, it should age with style. Old Vine Project certified. 2,500bts were produced.

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Critic Reviews

90/100

Anthony Mueller,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Perhaps the most open-knit and waxy of the lineup, the 2022 Skaliekop Chenin Blanc displays breadth, but it doesnt have the same depth as previous vintages. The palate is slightly clipped with a medium-bodied expression and offers a spicy, mineral essence before ending with a rocky, mineral-laced finish. It should go at least 10 years, maybe longer.

drinking window 2023 - 2033

date of review 12/2023

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Chenin Blanc Skaliekop comes from shale soils in the Paardeberg, aged 11 months in used oak barrels. It has a slightly more floral bouquet with pressed yellow flowers, touches of wild peaches and nectarine, an underlying mineralité becoming more pronounced with aeration. The well-balanced palate has a white peach and apricot-tinged entry and just a hint of more tropical fruit but still a very precise and sustained finish. Excellent.

drinking window 2025 - 2042

date of review 11/2023

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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.