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91 points

Simon Woods

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"This is a intriguing wine from an intriguing estate"

Tom Cannavan

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Merlot Petit-Verdot 2006 "Spicy, fruity, fleshy, with a dry finish, Stunning !" 

Steven Spurrier

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Jamie Goode

"Julien Schaal is a young winemaker from Alsace who also makes wine in South Africa. His home in the Cape is the Newton Johnson winery in Hermanus, but the grapes for this excellent Syrah come from Elgin, a cool-climate area not all that far away. It's really one of the best Syrahs I've tried from South Africa"

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Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace

"Afrique du Sud : Julien le conquérant !
Peut-on imaginer un vigneron qui vendangerait deux fois la même année ? Longtemps, cette question aurait fait rire les enfants...."

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French Flying Winemaker 2008

"Coup de coeur du Jury"

Laure Gasparotto (Le Point), Toshio Matsuura (Wands, Japan), Olivier Poels ( La Revue de vins de France), Jean-Michel Peyronnet (Revue Vinicole Internationale), Bruno Boidron (Edition Féret), Jean-Francis Pécresse (Les Echos), Antoine Pétrus (Hôtel Le Crillon), Philippe Faure-Brac (Meilleur sommelier du monde 1992); Vincent Debergé (Hotel Four Seasons), Manuel Peyrondet (Restaurant Taillevent), Sébastien Depis (Chef & Sommelier), Neil Pendock (The Times)

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"...All good news for lovers of elegant wines that have a minerality that is positively...French ..."

Neil Pendock

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"...the 2006 Shiraz, a cool-climate stunner from Elgin with intense structure and bright red fruit flavours, 10 000 Km away from those over-ripe, baked numbers from Paarl..."

Neil Pendock - Sunday Times

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"Likewise, fans of the Burgundy white grape should keep a look-out for the release of Julien's 2007 chardonnay "

Cathy van Zyl MW