Its assertiveness is the giveaway. This is not quite the distinguished white French burgundy which, at first taste, you might assume it to be, but it is nevertheless a pretty impressive simulation of the real thing.
With an alcoholic strength of 14 per cent it is a big wine and its impact is like a smack in the face. It may not be a Meursault, but this South African 2014 Boschendal seems something special all the same, bold and buttery and certainly worth buying at the £9.99 price tag Waitrose has placed on it - Tesco is charging the same for the Boschendal sauvignon blanc which is its rival. Mistaking the Chardonnay for a white burgundy you might think you were doing very well.
Waitrose’s genuine domestic white burgundy - now reduced by 10 per cent to £8.99 - is less sensational but is undoubtedly the real thing. At its price it is good buy as well as being genuinely French. So this, too, can be recommended, not merely for its authenticity.
12 October 2015
With an alcoholic strength of 14 per cent it is a big wine and its impact is like a smack in the face. It may not be a Meursault, but this South African 2014 Boschendal seems something special all the same, bold and buttery and certainly worth buying at the £9.99 price tag Waitrose has placed on it - Tesco is charging the same for the Boschendal sauvignon blanc which is its rival. Mistaking the Chardonnay for a white burgundy you might think you were doing very well.
Waitrose’s genuine domestic white burgundy - now reduced by 10 per cent to £8.99 - is less sensational but is undoubtedly the real thing. At its price it is good buy as well as being genuinely French. So this, too, can be recommended, not merely for its authenticity.
12 October 2015
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