![]() You can read about the 2019 harvest, here. You can read his thoughts and tasting notes here (click click). – and just to make things a bit harder for our international agents, wines named Sk’Windjiesvlei (a Tinta Barocca planted in 1962) and Sout van die Aarde (Palomino from the West Coast just north of Dwarskersbos…)Ĭhristian Eedes reported on (and scored) all the wines from the 2018 vintage single vineyards recently. Chenin Blancs from Dassiekop, according to Adi the “finest Chenin Blanc vineyard in South Africa” The Golden Slopes, named after the deep yellow coloured granite in the site Piet Bok se Steen so called after an old vigneron who lived in a tiny cottage besides the block and Klipkop – a tiny parcel planted on top of a granite outcrop in 1966. – the famous Raaigras “oldest Grenache vineyard in the land” from 12 rows / 1268 vines which yields about 3 tons in a good year. It’s rarer than we like our fillet, sold out from our side and most retailers, make sure to grab it if you see it anywhere. The one everyone is talking about (well, Tim Atkin named it his red wine discovery of the year in his 2019 South African Report… and described it as ‘delicate, ethereal and graceful’, saying, ‘it’s one of the best Cinsaults I’ve ever tasted.’) is the new kid on the block the Ringmuur Cinsault. We’ve been working with some for almost 9 years now and each year these vineyards show a consistansy and uniqueness that we seek out.Īs Adi says “these are wines without eye-shadow…” ![]() Most of these vineyards are on our farm or other slopes and valleys of the Paardeberg. Our Single Vineyard wines are made and bottled with the express intent to respect the truth of the site. Cheers! Posted in Chenin Blanc | Tagged #drinkchenin, chenin day, dassiekop, golden slopes, Paardeberg, Secateurs, swartland | 2 Replies Single Vineyards 2018 Release We hope you get to enjoy a fine Chenin Blanc today and this weekend, any many more days to come. Find out more about this product if you need to, on our sister site dedicated to The Ghost Ingredient. Chenin Blanc is also the base wine of our Cape aperitif, Caperitif. Here is more on a few of those:Ībove is a view of Dassiekop during harvest – Dassiekop, described by Adi as “the finest Chenin Blanc vineyard in SA, a place where viticulture and nature come together in perfect balance” is farmed by Franziska Wickens on Waterval farm, a few kilometers from our cellar.Īnd then, of course, there is always something a little bit left of field. The vineyards are old and the yield is low. These wines might not get bottled every year (if a vineyard does not deliver a juice good enough it will get blended into the Secateurs or the Kalmoesfontein White Blend). On the other end of the spectrum, we make a few Chenins from single specific sites, sites with a unique expression of terroir. ( source)īut to celebrate #drinkchenin day, we’ll take a look at a few of our favourite Chenins, that we bottle.įirst up, everyone’s go to, value-for-money house white, the Secateurs Chenin Blanc one cultivar, 28 sites! This little snapshot of our fact sheet tells you more: The Chenin Blanc Association joined the campaign in 2016.” It seems it has since moved on 6 days… like I say, every day is Chenin day. This campaign was the brainchild of a group of USA retailers and sommeliers. ![]() ![]() Here in the Swartland most days are Chenin Blanc days, we make a lot of it, we drink a lot of it…īut June 18th is officially known as Drink Chenin Day, officially in the sense that “In 2014 the first #DrinkChenin Day was celebrated on June 12th in New York and 10 other cities across the USA. ![]()
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