Chenin Blanc

This Chenin Blanc pairs well with seafood, roasted chicken with thyme, summer salads, quiches, and gravadlax, thanks to its acidity and bright fruit profile​.

The Chenin Blanc grapes are cultivated on the slopes of Simonsberg Mountain, where they benefit from Oakleaf-type soils of Cape granite origin. This location between Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, and Paarl provides optimal conditions for producing high-quality, expressive Chenin Blanc​.

While this wine can be enjoyed fresh, it is best consumed within one year of production to appreciate its vibrant and crisp characteristics.

After a soft pressing and 12 hours of skin contact, the juice undergoes a three-week cold fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The wine then spends four months on its secondary lees, enhancing complexity and mouthfeel. Ten percent of the blend is aged in Nomblot cement eggs and terracotta clay amphorae, contributing additional texture and nuance​.

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.