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Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc
Lismore Estate Vineyards
South Africa - Western Cape - Greyton

This Reserve Cuvée blanc shows yellow plum, spice and orange blossom. The well-balanced palate has tangerine on the entry and crisp acidity along with a lemongrass embroidered lingering finish.

This special blend is a result of new plantings that explore the potential of what Lismore, as a whole, can express.

RS: 3.5
pH: 3.34
TA: 6.55

Specifications
Appellation
Greyton
Wine Type
White
Varietal(s)
90% Roussanne, 5% Viognier and 5% Chardonnay
Age of vines
6 Years old
Agricultural Practices
Sustainable
Soil type
Shale over clay
Vinification
The grapes hand picked into small 20kg crates and then whole bunch pressed. The juice were old settled for 24 hours and then racked into 500 and 600 liter Burgundian barrels for fermentation and 11 months of maturation. 100% Spontaneous (natural) yeasts were allowed for fermentation. 5% new French oak.
Production
202 (9-liter cases)
Pairings

Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc's food pairings

Reviews and News

2022 Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc - 95 PTS - WA

2022 Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc - 95 PTS - WA

vinous logo"Made from 90% Roussanne, 5% Viognier and 5% Chardonnay, the 2022Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc is new this year, offering a nose of clover,orange Julius and sage oil. Medium-bodied and with electric acidity, the palate offers a mouth-tingling phenolic bitterness before ending with along, lively finish. This isn't your typical white Rhône blend, as it displays an elegant and lively action in the mouth with succulent, food-friendly acidity without any flabbiness. Only 2,400 bottles are produced. - Anthony MUELLER"

- Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate (South Africa: Cool-Climate Wines and Other New Releases, December 2023), 95 pts

2022 Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc - 95 PTS - TA

2022 Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc - 95 PTS - TA

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- Tim Atkin (South Africa 2023 Special Report), 95 pts

2022 Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc - 93 PTS - VINOUS

2022 Lismore Estate Reserve Cuvee Blanc - 93 PTS - VINOUS

vinous logo"Cuvée Blanc Reserve Cuvée Blanc is a new wine, a blend of 90% Roussanne, 5% Viognier and 5% Chardonnay; the Roussane grafted onto the trunks after the fires two years earlier (the roots are from 2016). Whole bunch pressed and raised for 11 months on the lees. It offers yellow plum, jasmine, broom and orange blossom scents, well-defined and demonstrating the same welcome restraint as the Viognier. The well-balanced palate has grapefruit and tangerine on the entry, a silver bead of acidity, and veins of lemongrass embroidered toward the long finish. Very seductive. Superb expression of Roussanne; This comes highly recommended. - Neal MARTIN"

- Vinous (The A to Z of South Africa, August 2023), 93 pts

Producer Information: Lismore Estate Vineyards

Tucked into the foothills of a dramatic mountain range at the bottom of Africa is Lismore Estate Vineyards. It is here, in the Greyton area, that Californian Samantha O'Keefe found ...
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