Bon Courage Chardonnay Prestige Cuvée 2015 South Africa

APPEARANCE

Clarity: clear
Intensity/Color: pale/lemon

NOSE:
Condition:  clean
Intensity: medium
Aroma Characteristics: apples, grapefruit, oak, minerality

PALATE
Sweetness: dry
Acidity: medium/high
Body: medium
Flavour characteristics: as per aroma, classic new world chardonnay although something slightly bitter in aftertaste
Finish: medium+


CONCLUSIONS
Quality: good


I found the following vivino review useful:

1) If you like a full blown wooded new world Chardonnay than this is your cup of tea… Gun flint and new oak backed by citrus and some butter. The crisp minerality is nice but the oak is somewhat overdone for my taste buds.
2) typische chardonnay. Grapefruit, limoen, butterscotch, vanille en perzik.
https://www.vivino.com/wineries/za-bon-courage/wines/andres-fame-2015 

Esk Valley Chardonnay Hawke's Bay NZ

APPEARANCE

Clarity: clear
Intensity/Color: pale/lemon

NOSE:
Condition:  clean
Intensity: medium+
Aroma Characteristics: apples/tropical fruit, plenty of oak, something bready/umami, minerality (hint of petrol)

PALATE
Sweetness: dry
Acidity: medium/high
Body: medium
Flavour characteristics: as per aroma, some minerality (almost petrol)
Finish: medium+



CONCLUSIONS
Quality: good/very-good


I found the following vivino reviews useful:

1) Light gold in colour. Lightly buttered toast apricot juice. Ripe peach apricot stone oak is there but very much a background rather than primary influence very gentle acidity but still with long lingering finish.
2) Bright pale gold in colour. Nectarine with hint of tropical & white floral notes on the nose. Elegant balanced with finesse rather than a big block buster. Pure fruit white peach little to no oak influence apparent. Well balanced refined with finesse on the finish as well very approachable acidity.
https://www.vivino.com/wineries/esk-valley-estate/wines/chardonnay-9999