Description
The 2021 Naudé Langpad Colombar is a more serious and mineral-driven expression of this cultivar, reflecting the unique coastal terroir of the Vredendal area. Gone are the typical notes of crème soda and green rock candy, replaced by a pronounced wet grey slate and petrichor aroma, with hints of peach stone, lime blossom, rock salt, and crunchy green pear. The palate is rich and dense with a glycerol mouthfeel, offering flavors of salty white peaches, green apple, sour pear drops, and a wet river pebble minerality. It finishes with a refreshing saline crispness, making it a versatile and age-worthy wine.
Food Pairing: Ideal with short-fried or grilled langoustines with citrus oil, grilled lobster with fennel, stuffed corn-fed chicken with truffle and girolle mushrooms, or aged hard cheeses.
Reviews
Greg Sherwood 95
A pronounced wet grey slate and petrichor note over hints of peach stone, lime blossom, rock salt and crunchy green pear. The palate is every bit as pleasing with a rich, glycerol mouthfeel packed full of salty white peaches, green apple, sour pear drops and a wet river pebble minerality. The lees ageing in tank has added a fabulous extra textural dimension and depth that plays synergistically to this grape variety s true characteristics. Simply delicious. Drink this on release and over the next 10 to 12+ years. Wine Safari Score: 95/100 Greg Sherwood MW [Greg Sherwood, 01/01/2023]
JancisRobinson.com 16.5/20
Vines planted in 1983. Limes and lemon barley on the nose. Moss and ferns and mountain-stream stones. Tiny and bony and if there was to be a competition for a South African oyster wine, this would have to take pole position. Little bit of struck flint, little bit of pithy bitterness, little bit of pickle brine. I d love to try this with ceviche! [Tamlyn Currin, 01/01/2023]
Platter’s 95
[Platter’s, 01/01/2023]
Producer Profile
Ian Naudé’s wines are unlike anything else.
His range of wines are made up of esoteric pockets of old and new vines that tell a story about South African heritage. He did so fearlessly, believing that South African wine, if made honestly, and without compromise can come to rival the finest wines in the world. And slowly the international wine cognoscenti have started believing it too, as demonstrated by their rave reviews year-on-year.
