2022 Not Tonight Josephine, Savage Wines

2022 Not Tonight Josephine, Savage Wines

A straw wine from old Chenin Blanc on the Cederberg. Intensely sweet, stunningly complex. What more is there to say. Miniscule production.

Critic score
96/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    South Africa
  • Maturity
    Ready 2023 - 2050info
  • Colour
    White
  • Sweetness
    Sweet
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Half (37.5cl.)
  • ABV
    8.5%

Tasting notes

Not Tonight isn't the cheapest sweet wine in the Cape, but it's the kind of thing that would have put a smile on Napoleon's face back in the day. Made as a straw wine from Tierhoek's grapes in one of the coolest parts of Piekenierskloof, it has lovely stone fruit and tarte tatin flavours, 280 grams of residual sugar and racy, balancing acidity. 2024-30

Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com (September 2023)
96/100

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