Description

Le Chenin blanc utilisé pour l'élaboration du David & Nadia Skaliekop provient d'un sol schisteux inhabituel, un terroir qui définit le caractère de ce vin blanc issu d'une parcelle unique. Son passage en fût sur lies fines lui confère une bouche douce et une texture onctueuse, qui s'achève sur une finale profondément minérale. Comme c'est souvent le cas pour les vins de cette maison, on lui prédit un brillant potentiel de garde.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
David & Nadia
Type de vin
Fermenté en barrique Blanc
Millésime
2022
Alcool
12.5% vol.
Cépage
100% Chenin blanc
Origine
Swartland

Dégustation

Température de service
Entre 9 et 12 °C.
Garde
Jusqu'en 2033 environ, s'il est conservé dans de bonnes conditions.

L'avis des experts

Decanter:

Although most of David and Nadia Sadie’s Chenin Blancs grow on granite, Skaliekop comes from an unusual outcrop of shale next to the Plat’bos vineyard. It delivers a very different expression, despite only a narrow track separating the two vineyards. Where Plat’bos is exuberant, Skaliekop is shy; where Plat’bos bursts with energy, Skaliekop offers intrigue. A teasingly introverted nose of olive and green plum gradually opens to something almost reminiscent of Cape Semillon with lime and gooseberry, yellow grapefruit, a hint of Vaseline, and a touch of wood spice on the intense, resonant palate, which concludes in a persistent finish. Enigmatic with a linear profile, this is nonetheless seamless and balanced, and will develop greater richness with bottle age – even if it is currently less immediate and accessible than Plat’bos. (Jason Millar)

The Wine Advocate:

Perhaps the most open-knit and waxy of the lineup, the 2022 Skaliekop Chenin Blanc displays breadth, but it doesn’t 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. (Anthony Mueller)