Rustenberg, Straw Wine Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch

Bright gold. Barley sugar, dried apricot, apple sauce, touch of marzipan. Really fine clean acidity keeps this lifted. Rich and unctuous indeed. Fairly long. Stunning value.

2011 vintage

Lovely sweet wine. Developing depth, bright fruit, very sweet, nicely balanced, fine acitidy. Lingering, clean finish. Excellent.

2011 vintage

Last bottle. Drinking very nicely. The wine showed all the apricot, honey, and marmalade character described over two years ago and a rich, unctuous character more than made up for the reducing acidity without being cloying. Lovely wine. A small sample kept in the 'fridge was still drinking well after more than a week.

2011 vintage

Four years since I last had this and it has improved. Tropical fruit nose, good intensity, sweet, ripe fruits, clean finish. Nice wine.

2011 vintage

still sufficient acidity to balance the sweet fruit but not a fresh as it was in its youth. However its still very enjoyable. I also felt that it improved having been kept in fridge for a couple of weeks and seemed better on the last few samples.

2011 vintage

Two years on from my last taste, this still has the sweet fruit - apricots, honey, marmalade and with a little marzipan developing. Still a nice wine but the freshness and acidity seem to be much reduced with 6 years bottle age, emphasising the sweetness. The younger vintages are better.

2011 vintage

This was our post-dinner election night wine and this was great fun to drink with blue cheese. (Over 2 litres of dessert wine between the four of us was probably a bit too much.)

2015 vintage

Mid gold. Tropical fruit noses, sweet and honeyed flavours and peachy fruit with moderate high sweetness. It's a superb wine but this one is fading.

2011 vintage

Straw-gold colour with modest-reasonable brightness. Bold stewed / syrup apricots on the nose, backed by a hint of alcohol and faint mint / other herbs. Strong depth of flavour on the palate and high but not overpowering sweetness. Acidity is just a little light of where I'd like it. Good persistency on the finish. Perhaps missing a bit of complexity, but for the price that's a harsh criticism. Very good value and certainly worth trying again.

2011 vintage

Lovely wine. Served with a verity of strong cheeses. Then another glass a week later and still lovely

2011 vintage

Such a great wine. Real crowd pleaser. Hope the new vintages are as enjoyable.

2011 vintage

Exceptional purity and balance. Not cloying at all. As good as the '11 I'd say and price is great as always.

2015 vintage

Had this at Neill and Hannah's having picked the bottles up from Majetsic Leamington. Good QPR

2015 vintage

Good QPR as usual. Had with gorogonzola as Brexit result was rolling in.

2015 vintage

My last bottle. I enjoyed this more than the Chateau Raymond Lafon 2007 I had at Xmas. Very good QPR in most vintages but the 2011 is worth seeking out.

2011 vintage

very nice. lovely fruit note not overpowered by the sweetness and fresh acidity makes it very enjoyable

2011 vintage

As before - apricots, honey and sticky marmalade. Good balancing citrus acidity so it doesn't have the cloying, sugary character of so many sweeties. Excellent wine and great value.

2011 vintage

Total agreement with SLIMES. Apricot, peach plus citrus acidity. Lovely balance and not cloying. Excellent (and good value). 6 Days later, a third of the bottle (left in tHe fridge) was still lovely. It didn't seem to have lost any of its character.

2011 vintage

This is just so good. I'm no expert with dessert wine but the apricot and peach/orange notes from this are just delightful. Will buy again. Very good QPR.

2011 vintage

Good QPR. Really nice orange notes and dried fruits.

2011 vintage

Yum so easy to drink, apricot honey Yum

2011 vintage

light golden yellow, no crystals. Classic Chenin blanc nose, sweet and clean. Good with autumn fruits clafoutis. Good value at reduced price.

2011 vintage

Very nice dessert wine. Elegant and well structured - similar to Sauternes in still

2011 vintage

Gold colour and viscous. Fresh fruit salad nose, a bit of honey. The palate is fresh, honeyed, pineapple, some spice, amazing balance, sweet but lovely acidity to balance it all out. So moreish you want a glass again and again. Amazing low price so deserves an amazing score.

2011 vintage

Slightly metallic nose on opening. Mid-weight, not that much RS. Fine, but no more. Needs more zip. Think there are better SA stickies such as Mullineux and Paul Cluver.

2011 vintage

I'm inexperienced with dessert wine but this was very enjoyable with blue cheese. One of the best picks from Majestic.

2011 vintage

Fresh with moderate sweetness, light Chenin flavours, apples, a hint of caramel. Youthful still, pleasant but needs a few years.

2011 vintage

Wow! This 'Straw Wine' is deliciously sweet, yet still bright, fresh and complex, with honeyed characters, lots of citrusy notes, marmalade, ripe peach and white flowers. A voluptuously textured palate with great balance, acidity and developing botrytis characters. What it lacks in finish it makes up everywhere else. Very fine indeed, imagine a slightly less complex Yquem and you are there- therefore fantastic value at £9 from Majestic. Will buy more.

2011 vintage

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