Culinaria Chenin Blanc

A versatile food wine to enjoy with Cape Malay curries, seafood, creamy pasta or sharply dressed salads.

Culinaria Chenin Blanc is certified as Wine of Origin Western Cape. Grapes originate from old dryland bush vines in Stellenbosch and Paarl. These areas are acclaimed for producing exceptional Chenin Blanc grapes. These Chenin Blanc bush vines with an average age of twenty years, typically yield 4,8 tons per hectare. The unirrigated soils have a unique water-releasing capacity that favours exceptional flavour concentration.

Before release, the wine was bottle-matured for 3 months.

Grapes were hand-picked at optimum ripeness before being de-stemmed, crushed and pressed after a short period of skin contact. The juice was allowed to settle before fermentation which took place between 16 and 18 degrees Celsius in 500-litre second-fill and third-fill French oak barrels. Barrels were topped up and the wine was allowed lees contact for 8 months prior to blending and bottling.

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