We
enjoyed this wine at the farm two years ago at a lunch with owner Hannes
Myburgh and talented winemaker Chris Williams. We loved it then and it has become
even better. We had it again last week at the Degustation Dinner at Azure
Restaurant. What a superb wine. It was a beautiful match with the food it was
paired with: a lightly citrus and vanilla cured
Norwegian salmon with roasted hazelnuts. We knew the wine in the pairing was a Chardonnay
of great provenance, but did not guess it correctly as we thought it was from a
cool area like Hemel en Aarde or Elgin
Indeed it was great, the elegant
Meerlust 2014 from Stellenbosch, served in Riedel Montrachet glasses, was
weighty, full, with some beautiful oaking, the clean lemon lime Chardonnay
flavours shining through, silky and intense but not blousy or over ripe as Chardonnays from warmer areas can be sometimes
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2017
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