Chenin Blanc

The 2023 vintage pairs wonderfully with seafood, light fish dishes, and fresh salads. It also complements soft cheeses like Cheddar and Gruyere.

Sourced from vineyards located in Simonsberg-Paarl, South Africa, this Chenin Blanc benefits from the region's ideal climate for growing Chenin grapes. The cool mountain slopes contribute to the wine’s crisp acidity​.

This Chenin Blanc is unoaked and crafted for early drinking, though it can develop more subtle flavors with short-term cellaring​.

The wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks to retain its fresh fruit flavors. It is racked off its fermentation lees and left on secondary lees for four months before bottling, which adds a touch of complexity and depth​.

Babylonstoren is one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms, set at the foot of Simonberg in the Franschhoek wine valley. It has a fruit and vegetable garden of beauty and diversity, unique accommodation, fine food and wine, and evokes a sense of wellbeing. Our wines are produced in a state-of-the-art winery and are made to showcase the soils and climate where their grapes are grown. The Tasting Room sits adjacent to the Wine Cellar, offering views of the conical Babylonstoren hill, Simonsberg and the Banghoek Mountains. We have about 94 hectares (232 acres) under vine and produce 13 different grape varieties, with our highest vines – pinot noir and chardonnay – lying against Simonsberg at some 600 metres above sea level. Led by cellar master Charl Coetzee and winemaker Klaas Stoffberg, the farm’s 2011 harvest led to the first bottling of wine under the Babylonstoren label.