Luddite

Saboteur White

Name: Chenin Blanc
Brand: Luddite
Price: 769 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: Tim Atkin 91 (1 reviews)

Chenin Blanc Blend from Overberg, South Africa

R199

Bottle size:

750 ml

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CPT: 9 JHB: 12

Appearance: Pale straw with golden hues. Nose: Peach, apricot, floral, lime blossom and apple tones. Palate: Fresh entry with rich mid-palate and a touch of grapefruit pithiness from skin contact with a hint of ginger and lime with a pinch of salt.

Grapefruit

Peach

Floral

Ginger

We continue to have skin contact on the Chenin and Viognier to give some tannin, texture and structure to the wine. Both varietals spent 10 days on skins with morning and evening punch-downs. We then pressed, taking as much lees and sediment to barrel to complete the fermentation. We also did a small portion of tank fermentation Chenin Blanc for extra primary fruit. The Sauvignon Blanc is whole-bunch pressed and pumped directly to barrel without settling to ferment.

As the Luddite Saboteur White gains more following, we continue to grow this wine always keeping quality in mind. For the first time, a small amount of Semillon has been included in the blend keeping things exciting. Harvest was split in the middle by a week of very warm weather. We were lucky to get most of the grapes in for this wine before the heatwave which keeps our style of being fresh, but still full-bodied with lots of texture.

Luddite

Some people describe Luddite Shiraz as Niels Verburg contained in a glass; Niels is six foot four and when he smiles appears to be beaming an embrace in your direction. As a young winemaker traveling the world Niels confirmed his love for Shiraz when working a harvest in Australia but it was a winery in Chile that inspired his wine-making method ‘It was as if I’d gone back 20 years it was ramshackle chaotic but they had great fruit and passion and I’d never seen that quality of wine.’