vinicaのとある（？）メンバーと、フェルメール展を見てから、飲み放題付き5千円の焼き鳥＆鍋コースの店に一本ずつ持ち込みして飲んだもの。 野菜たっぷりのコース料理は食べ応えあり。 私が持ち込んだワインは、南アで買ってきた、ボタニカのシュナンブラン。 ボタニカは日本未入荷。（今後輸入される予定） このシュナンは、2014年から4年連続でティムアトキンMWが95点以上の高得点を付けたもの。 2015は96点で、プラッターズガイド五つ星☆☆☆☆☆ ジェイミーグッドMWも93点付けています。 The Farm Protea Heights Farm is located in Devon Valley just 10 minutes from the center of Stellenbosch. We have a total of 21.6 hectares with 10 hectares of flowers and 5 hectares of vineyards. Back in the late 1940s, it was the first farm in South Africa to cultivate protea flowers and I believe was the first to export flowers in the late 1960s. Our flowers bloom throughout the year, with Europe as our main export market. Four of the varieties that we grow were hybridized by our former farm manager and are unique to our farm. We have two graduate students from Stellenbosch University involved with research projects to help growers with improving the quality of the flowers. Mary Delany The inspiration for the name of the wine and design of the labels was a trip to the Yale Center for British Art. An exhibit of Mary Delany’s work, a remarkable series of botanical collages that are beautifully crafted with hundreds of tiny pieces of cut paper was breathtaking. I am fortunate to have licensed a few of her collages and created these beautiful labels with her art as the primary focal point. Mary was 72 when she created these pieces in the late 1700’s. Chenin Blanc The grapes for this wine come from a vineyard high in the mountains of Clanwilliam, 25 miles from the sea at 1600ft elevation. Dry farmed, as there is no longer any water available, these 50 +/- year old vines produce a mere 2.5 tons per hectare. The wine has lime/citrus notes with firm acidity. 50% barrel fermented/matured in 400 litre french oak barrels. お店のスタッフさんにも味見していただき、美味しいと喜んでいただけました。 ご一緒した●氏は、今までに飲んだシュナンブランで一番美味しいとヾ(๑╹◡╹)ﾉ” 私にとっても非の打ち所のない素晴らしいシュナンでした。凝縮感、酸、蜜っぽさ、ミネラル、熟した果実味の豊かさ、程よい樽のニュアンスなど、ほぼ完璧ヽ(*^∇^*)ﾉ 

ぺんぺん

やはりシュナンブランは南アですね！(^^) 飲んでみたいなあ～

Da Masa

マサさん ですよ〜！ボタニカ、ヴィンテージは変わりますが、年明けには日本で販売されたら、ぜひぜひ飲んでみてください⁽⁽ଘ( ˊᵕˋ )ଓ⁾⁾ 他にも希少なの沢山持ってるので、お持ちしましょうか？（笑）

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