Monday's Child

Enjoy this with caramelised lemon and date roast chicken and golden roast potatoes.

The two portions of Chenin blanc that make up this Chenin both come from bush vines planted in Stellenbosch. The biggest portion of fruit comes from Karibib in the Polkdraai region farmed by Jozua Joubert. The other portion hails from a block towards the Bottelary HIlls area on Geluksoord farmed by the du Bois family. Both portions were harvested by hand between 21.5 and 22.5 Brix. The fruit was transported to the cellar and spent the night in the chiller before processing the next day.

Once the wine was dry it was stirred on it’s gross lees for 9 months without sulphur. Just before bottling it was racked, sulphured up and protein stabilised. The wine was gently filtered before bottling.

Both batches were whole bunch pressed to a stainless steel tank for light settling overnight. From here the juice was racked to big old french oak barrel where natural fermentation was allowed to start on it’s own.

McFarlane Wines was born while sharing dreams and desires one evening over dinner, sometime in 2018. A dream to have something family-owned and operated, and a deep desire to honour some of South Africa’s heritage varieties. South Africa’s vinous history is a unique one, and certain varieties have had a significant influence in shaping where the South African wine industry is today. McFarlane Wines aims to produce fine, honest wines from these varieties and share what we love about them with the world.