Maritime Chenin Blanc

Serve with seafood risotto or a mussel pot.

100% Chenin blanc. A single-vineyard wine from a bush vine parcel planted in 1980. The vineyard is situated in Firgrove, a mere 4 km’s from the shores of False Bay.

The wine was aged on its lees in barrel for 10 months, with no batonage. The wine was bottled after a coarse filtration in December 2022.

This Chenin Blanc has been fermented and aged as naturally as possible, without intervention and in search of an authentic reflection of its origin. The grapes were handpicked in the early morning hours to preserve fruit integrity. The fruit was then gently pressed after a brief period of skin contact. The juice was settled overnight without the use of settling enzymes and from here it was fed directly to French oak barrels (all seasoned oak) where fermentation occurred spontaneously.

Metzer Family Wines was established in 2006 by winemaker Wade Metzer, producing small-batch wines from vineyards across Stellenbosch and the Western Cape. Best known for Chenin Blanc and Syrah, Metzer focuses on expressive, site-driven South African wines made with minimal intervention, indigenous fermentation and a deep respect for vineyard and terroir.