Neil Ellis Stellenbosch Chardonnay
Journalist: Matthew Jukes
Publication: Daily Mail
4th November 2006
Vine dining:
Stringy cheese pie; chicken and mushroom pie for little chickens.
The cheesy flavour of the first pie needs a bold white wine to complement it. Neil Ellis has always made superbly elegant, suave white wines and yet, beneath the genial exterior, they have a core of steel acidity and nervy cirtus fruit. It is this brilliant framework that will smash like an icebreaker through the tasty sauce in this recipe and the glossy lemon and chardonnay fruit will do the rest.