Rudera Noble Late Harvest Chenin Blanc 2006

• In the 2003 Rendez-vous du Chenin the Noble Late Harvest 2002 was the only non-French wine in the sweet wine category.
• This wine was rated a gold medal at the Basil International Wine Fair.
• The Rudera Chenin Blanc Noble Late Harvest 2003 scored an impressive 92/100 in the May 2004 issue of Wine Spectator.
• The 2005 Platter Guide rated the 2003 vinatge 4½ stars.
• The 2005 Rudera Noble Late Harvest vintage scored 4½ stars  in the 2006 and 2007 Platter Guides.
• The 2005 vintage scored 91 in Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, dated March/April 2007.
• The Rudera Noble Late Harvest 2006 received 4½ stars  in The Platter Guide 2008.

ageing : 

This wine will develop over the next 5 years to gain complexity and true Chenin blanc character.

The botrytised grapes were hand-picked in the early morning from old bush vines in a morning early in April and where careful bunch selection were done in the vineyard.

The yields were 2.0 (8hl/ha) tons per hectare with acids above 9.2g/l and pH generally below 3.1.