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Fleur du Cap Chenin Blanc 2007

Фльор ду Кап Шенин Блан 2007
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Producer:
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Fleur du Cap
Country:
South Africa (Южна Африка) 
Vintage:
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2007
Other vintages: 
2008 [86.7]
 2009 [94]
Variety:
Chenin Blanc (Шенин блан)
Added by demiro
24 Jul 2008
Winemaker's notes:
The wine is light yellow in colour with green tints. Lightly wooded, this full-bodied wine shows an abundance of guava, ripe melon and honey blossom aromas with subtle oak flavours. On the palate this full-bodied wine displays tropical fruit, butterscotch and vanilla.

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How to drink it
Food: Antipasto, Asparagus, Caviar, Chicken, Chicken Salad, Curry (Fish or Chicken), Mussels, Oysters (Raw), Pasta Salad, Pasta with Cream Sauce, Pates, Pizza, Quiche, Sashimi, Sausage, Shrimp, Smoked Fish (Trout, Herring), Spicy Mexican, Striped Bass, Sushi, Thai
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Temperature: 12 °C
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Let's say a grape variety normally takes 120 days to ripen. In an especially hot year, it may ripen after only 110 days; in a cooler year, after 130 days. Viticulturists generally do want a long growing seasons. Long ripening allows components in the grape other that sugar - tannins, for example - ...
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