Now in Stock: Bizoe 'Morningstar' Semillon

Bizoe is the creation of Rikus Neethling, a passionate winemaker originally from Jo’burg, and the name “Bizoe” is derived from the French word “Bisous” – meaning “little kiss”. We have previously had his beautiful Syrah on our shelves and we now have the ‘Morningstar’ Semillon in stock. Here are his tasting notes:

Appearance: Pale lemon colour in the glass, reserved, tropical, gooseberry, luminous, peach, apricot, stone fruit, mouthwatering, chalky.

Nose: Medium intensity on the nose.

Aroma characteristics: Quiet, evolve with more tropical aromas like pineapple, gooseberry, green mango, lemon thyme, lime zest.

Palate: The wine is dry with a bracing and somewhat angular acidity. Medium alcohol and medium minus body, its youthful acidity resulting in a leaner, more austere style. Time will chisel the wine into shape, following in the footsteps of its predecessors. Flavour characteristics of gooseberry, green fig, and stone fruit carry through, medium-plus finish.

Conclusion: Tightly corseted in its youth, the 2020 Morningstar Semillon will develop a magnitude of character. The wine slowly reveals vivid gooseberry and green apple aroma, hemmed with fresh thyme, adding a cooler note. Confidently made, the wine's authoritative and clean-cut acidity forms its backbone, adorned with handsome stone fruit on the palate. Albeit seemingly lighter in style, the wine is playful yet oozing concentration on the mid-palate with a lingering, briny finish.

Alc 11% RS1,5g/l TA6,5g/l pH3,33.

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Have you ever heard about a great wine but could never find a bottle for yourself (to share with friends, of course)? Well, the team at Wine & Company do all the hard work for you! We visit wine farms and attend tastings to find, taste, and then stock wine from the smaller Estates and independent winemakers who buy grapes and produce outstanding wine under their own labels – much the same as the French negociants have been doing for centuries. Given that these winemakers make wine in such small quantities, sometimes just a single barrel, their wine will never be found on the shelves of the major retailers, but only in specialist shops like Wine & Company on High Street, Hermanus.

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