Misfit

Perfect to savour on it’s own but also a great companion to stews or boeuf bourguignon.

Up to 9 months in old 300L and 400L barrels.

We set about making 2 small batches in open fermenters - the one batch we destalked and crushed, the other batch we simply crushed and left the wine to ferment on the stalks and skins. Post-fermentation the stalk batch was way softer with the tannin better integrated, but the destalked batch gave great body to the wine so we blended the two together and the concept of “with and without stalks” was born.

In 1993 hospitality industry veteran Ken Forrester and his wife Teresa purchased the historic Scholtzenhof estate nestled at the base of the Helderberg in Stellenbosch. Originally established in 1689 as Zandberg the property is one of the oldest wine farms in the Cape. Ken enlisted the help of his winemaker friend Martin Meinert in replanting and revitalizing the vineyards with an aim to craft a white wine that could rival any in the world! And so it was that Ken Forrester Vineyards was established with a focus on Chenin Blanc production.