The Dry Land Collection Courageous Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc

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The 2025 harvest was marked by slightly below-average volumes, a result of the dry conditions experienced during the late summer and harvest period. These weather conditions proved advantageous for grape quality, resulting in good natural acidity and sugar levels in the grapes. This balance of concentrated flavours, intense colour and vibrant acidity promises exceptional wines for the vintage.

Wood maturation: 11 months in French oak barrels. 85% in second-fill & third-fill barrels, and 15% in new French oak barrels.

The grapes were de-stemmed, whereafter skin contact followed for two hours. Great care was taken to ensure clear, free-run juice is extracted before fermentation, as it infuses the pure, concentrated fruitiness of the dry-farmed grapes into the wine. The wine was kept on the lees until bottling, with no lees stirring. No malolactic fermentation took place to keep the natural Chenin Blanc acidity.