The 2025 has flinty aromas with notes of honey, orange blossom, and white stone fruit. It has exceptional texture and palate weight, with lovely, concentrated flavors.
100% Chenin Blanc; alcohol: 13.5% ; vineyards in Kalmoesfontein and Jakkalsfontein on the northern slopes of Paardeberg Mountain, Swartland; old, bush-trained vines planted in 1960s-1970s in mixed granite soils; harvested over 12 days, fresh juice added to fermenting tanks; whole cluster pressed; only native yeast; 25% fermented in old casks and big foudres; aged 10 months on gross lees with occasional stirring.
MOOD + FOOD
CHENIN BLANC, deliversomm, MINERAL DRIVEN, MINERAL WHITES, NEW ARRIVAL, SEAFOOD WINE, SOMM PICKS, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAR, SWARTLAND, WESTERN CAPE,
