Rall Wines

Chenin Blanc, Ava, 2022

Name: Chenin Blanc, Ava
Brand: Rall Wines
Price: 256.73 GBP

94/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

94/100

Vinous

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2022
75cl
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£42.79
2022
6x75cl
DP
£256.73

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Compared to the Noa, Ava is the more generous and expressive wine in youth. Viscous and accessible from the off, it shows plum, tangerine and citrus with stylish hints of salt crystals, butter and nuts on the finish. Taut and long on the finish, this is a superb Chenin. Roughly 70/30 Schist-Granite soils, fermented and aged entirely in used oak barrels, total production rarely exceeds 1,300bts.

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of utmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

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.

Further Reassurance

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.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

94/100

Anthony Mueller,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Opening to aromas of yellow apple and fresh lemon blossoms, the 2022 AVA Chenin Blanc is complex, layered and freshly expressive. Medium-bodied and with energetic acidity, the palate is succulent and complex, making me crave cheeses and fresh shellfish. It's a delightfully lingering wine that begs me to come back for more. I can't put down my glass.

drinking window 2023 - 2039

date of review 12/2023

94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Chenin Ava is aged in 400-liter used oak. This has a gorgeous bouquet with white peach, quince and pressed yellow flowers, quite mineral-driven and very harmonious. The palate is very well-balanced with fine delineation, fresh and vibrant, fanning out wonderfully towards the tensile finish. This is one of Donovan Rall's most precise wines to date.

drinking window 2024 - 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.