Tasting Notes
It’s South Africa, so I expect power in the wine. Chenin Blanc from younger bush vines, grown and made with minimal intervention; and using older oak barrels & stainless steel tanks. You may smell and taste juicy citrus, apple & pear plus a sense of oak. There’s a nice moreish chalk and acidity intensity; partly because there’s no malolactic fermentation softening during winemaking. 13.5% approx. Powerful. - Michael L
We believe that quality and beauty in wine come from the vineyard alone. The true wonder of wine is revealed when all the nonsense and lies are stripped away. Therefore, we practice simple and careful winemaking: no yeasts, no enzymes, no acidification, no sulphur before ferment, no blocking malo, no new barrels, no fining etc. No manipulation. This is the core principle we adhere to. We cannot in good conscience talk about the importance of place if we’re manipulating the wine. We’re hoping to find the voice of the land, not the mark of the winemaker.
In our vineyards much attention is paid to the farming, with an emphasis on careful pruning and suckering, diligent canopy work, and hand hoeing. We like to encourage healthy soil by cover cropping, mulching, and manuring. All our grapes are hand-picked into small lug boxes and transported with care by us to our winery.
We work closely with our growers. We also have our own farm, Nuwedam, on the Paardeberg, for which we are fully responsible.
In the cellar we use gentle whole cluster pressing, hardly settling (we like very cloudy raw juice), no additions to the raw juice, wild fermentation in either cement eggs, clay pots, foudres, or old barrels (various sizes). The wine is kept on lees for around twelve months, then rested in tank without fining for a further four months prior to bottling. - Producer Note
| Product Type | Wine White Chenin Blanc |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | South Africa |
| Region | Western Cape |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Minimal Intervention |