MOYA MEAKER
2023 Riesling Elgin
| Grapes | Riesling |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | South Africa, Elgin |
| Village | Elgin |
| ABV | 13% |
Seven grams of acidity and seven grams of residual sugar is the "magic" formula for Jean Smit when it comes to producing Riesling. Made to go with Japanese cuisine, this has sweet and sour flavours of Granny Smith apples and passion fruit and a chiselled, focused finish. Drinking range: 2025 - 2031 Rating: 93 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (Sept 2025)
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This cool, fragrant white has notes of lime peel, green apples, peaches and jasmine. It’s medium-bodied, delicate and engaging. Drink now. Rating: 92 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Nov 2024)
The 2023 Riesling Elgin is the only cuvée that is destemmed, with whole berries pressed and transferred to concrete vats for a relatively warmer fermentation. It aged on the lees for 11 months. This is pure and refined on the nose, reminding me of a fine Clare Valley Riesling with its aromas of pressed white flowers and very subtle oily scents. The palate is well balanced with an orange-rind-tinged entry. Cohesive and expressive of its varietal, this will be ready to go from bottling, though it should also reward time in bottle. There is 7g/l residual sugar here, but you would never know it. Drinking range: 2025 - 2035 Rating: 90 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Sept 2024)
Moya Meaker
Canadian businessman and former owner of Bordeaux’s Chateau Gaby, David Curl married South African born Genevieve Hamilton-Brown which ultimately led them to Elgin where they acquired a farm called Habibi, planted mainly to apples but also including small parcels of Pinot Noir and Shiraz, the resulting wines named after Genevieve’s late mother Moya Meaker, who was crowned Miss South Africa in 1959.
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