Platinum Old Bushvine Chenin Blanc

Enjoy this wine chilled (10-12°C). Pairs well with matured brie or camembert cheese topped with roasted nuts and chili jam. Also rich and creamy fish or chicken dishes or slow-roasted pork belly draped with apple glaze.

The 2020 season started off very promising with good amounts of rain and cold during the winter giving the vines sufficient time to build up reserves and rest. Favourable weather during the growing season led to good budding and an overall increase in crop to the previous year. Small berry size with good natural acidity, even maturation of bunches to produce balanced and concentrated wines. Harvest commenced end January and concluded by 20 March. All this is evident of great quality wines that should show and age well.

The wine was kept on the lees in barrel and stirred weekly to gain extra complexity and mouth feel for a total of 9 months until bottling.

Grapes were hand picked end-February, brought to the cellar crisp and cold, followed by a light whole-bunch pressing only extracting the finest free-run juice for vinification. Juice cold settled for 48 hours, racked with some fine lees to older 300Ltr French oak barrels were fermentation commenced. Fermentation temperature was controlled between 16-22°C and was completed after 12days

In a wonderfully secluded area, ideally situated in what is known as the “golden triangle” of the Cape Winelands, you’ll find Lyngrove Estate. Less than an hour from Cape Town, between Stellenbosch and Somerset West, our special brand of Cape hospitality is waiting for you.