Pale yellow in colour with a hint of green. On the nose, tinned pineapples, guavas, litchi, lemon and lime aromas are abundant. A clean, lively wine with nuances of nutmeg and cloves. Well-balanced and elegant, but with weight and a powerful follow-through on the palate. Stylistically off-dry and lightly oaked this is an excellent food wine.

In the Cellar

This individual new-wave Chenin was made from low-crop Stellenbosch grapes. The grapes were harvested in the early morning to ensure coolness, crushed and then lightly pressed; after which the must was cold settled before being inoculated with a select yeast culture. Eighty seven percent of the wine was tank fermented while the remaining thirteen percent underwent natural fermentation in barrel. The wines was matured for four months in a combination of new American and Hungarian oak and first fill French oak barrels. The wine was then slightly sweetened with Chenin Blanc Noble Late harvest, fined, sterile filtered and bottled.

Wood ageing: 13 % of the wine was fermented and matured for four months in new American and Hungarian oak and first fill French oak barrels