Kite Runner

Thorne & Daughters

Paper Kite Cape of Good Hope Old Vine Sémillon 2017

Somm David T
9.2

The nose reveals, lemon curd, lime, green apple, overripe pineapple, a salted caramel, beautiful soft minerals, chalk power and yellow flowers, lilies, spring flowers with greens.

The body is full and round. Honeysuckle, fruit blossoms, lemon curd, lime, green apple, overripe pineapple, a salted caramel, beautiful soft minerals, chalk power and yellow flowers, lilies, spring flowers with greens. The acidity is round. The lush finish thick, rich and well polished.

Photos of; the view from Gabrielskloof, a different shot with more decomposed granite soil, John Seccombe of Thorne and Daughters hosting our tasting with his Japanese importer and Gabrielskloof Estate vines.
— 6 years ago

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Christine Gina Sabean
with Christine and Gina
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Paul T HB

Paul T HB

Glad you liked this one,
Im sending you some of my allocation, I can't send anything directly, FedEx busted me.
Martin G Rivard

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I got on the list for the next allocation thanks to David!
Paul T HB

Paul T HB

I've been on the list for awhile now, great juice.
My allocation just came out today, so I'm sending you a few bottles, they say shipping starts next month,
I'll email you ETA,

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Eric

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I have not @Martin G Rivard. Have not heard much about them either...
Howard Greenfield

Howard Greenfield

The wines are called Hestan- not sure TRB is winemaker
TheSkip

TheSkip

@Martin G Rivard I've heard of the Stephanie only in the wine emails I get. Brix26 was all about it, saying it was one of the best values under $50. I haven't had it though.

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