Chenin Blanc

Pairs exceptionally well with seafood, roast chicken with thyme, light summer salads, seasonal quiches, and gravadlax.

Grown on the slopes of Simonsberg Mountain (situated between Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, and Paarl) in oakleaf Cape granite soils. The cool slopes and terroir favor slow ripening and finesse.

Predominantly aged in stainless steel, with 10% in cement eggs and clay amphorae. No oak barrels are used.

Grapes undergo 12 hours of skin contact before gentle pressing. They then see three weeks of cold fermentation in stainless steel. After fermentation, the wine is racked off its lees and spends four months on secondary lees. Additionally, approximately 10% of the blend was aged in Nomblot cement eggs and terracotta amphorae.

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.