CederbergCase of Chenin Blanc 2016 (6 Bottles, R75 per Bottle)

About

The Cederberg style Chenin Blanc offers beautiful layers of melon, grapefruit and fleshy white pear. Five months lees contact ensured a mouth coating creaminess on the palate with a lively crisp acidity to finish off. Altitude vineyards make this Chenin Blanc truly unique.  This wine will be well suited to creamy dishes as well as light summer lunches.

Product Features

• 6 Bottles
• Vintage: 2016
• Varietal: Chenin Blanc
• Analysis:
• Alcohol 13.0% vol 
• Sugar 2.9 g/l 
• TA 6.5 g/l 
• pH 3.4
• Facing: South and west
• Soil types: Glenrosa and Sandstone
• Age of vines: 11 years
• Vineyard area: 6.5 ha
• Yield per hectare: 7-8 t/ha
• Trellised: Extended 6 wire Perold
• Irrigation: Supplementary
• Clone: SN24/220 on Richter 99
• Harvest date: 13 February – 5 March 2015
• Degree balling at harvest: Early morning hand harvested at 20 – 23°B
• Vinification: Light pressing, mainly free run juice, settle for 2 days at 10ºC,fermented for 24 days at 12ºC with selected yeast strains, 5 months lees contact and tank bâttonage weekly
• Optimum drinking time: 1 – 3 years after release.

Accolades

• Stephen Tanzer ’15: 90 points – 2014 vintage
• SA Wine Index Awards ’15: Grand Gold Chenin Blanc (93.0)
• Platter’s SA Wine Guide ’14: 4 stars – 2013 vintage
• Robert Parker ’14: 89 points – 2013 vintage
• Michelangelo Wine Awards ’13: Gold – 2013 vintage
• SAA Business Class Selection’13 – 2012 vintage
• Michelangelo Wine Awards’12: Gold – 2012 vintage
• Veritas’12: Gold – 2012 vintage
• SAA Business Class Selection’12 – 2011 vintage
• Veritas’11: Gold – 2011 vintage
• Veritas’10: Double Gold – 2010