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Grape Varieties:
100% Chenin Blanc
In the Vineyard:
From a single 35–40-year-old bush-vine vineyard in Stellenbosch, yielding about 3 tonnes a hectare.
Winemaking Method and Maturation:
Hand-harvested at 22.5–23° Balling and chilled overnight before whole-bunch pressing. After cold settling, the juice was naturally fermented in untoasted barrels and left on its fine lees for 9 months, with no malolactic fermentation and no filtration. Bottled on 20 November 2017; only 2,830 bottles were made.
Wine Tasting Notes:
On colour
Light yellow with a tinge of green.
On the nose
Lemon biscuit, vanilla pod spice, dusty yellow apple, aniseed and pineapple confit.
On the palate
Generous fruit with natural acidity and a long, lingering finish.
On the whole
A rare, mature, barrel-fermented Stellenbosch Chenin from old bush vines.
Taste profile
Full, rich, weighty
Bright & crisp
Bone dry
Flavours
From the fruit
From the oak barrel