The Dryland Collection Natural Sweet Chenin Blanc

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For this natural sweet wine, the grapes are hand selected and harvested in small crates. Upon arrival at the cellar, the grapes are destemmed and crushed. Skin contact is given for 24 hours with regular pump over of the juice to extract maximum flavour from the berries. The wine is fermented in old 500 litre French oak barrels until the fermentation stops naturally with the sugar and alcohol in perfect balance.

The grapes are harvested from a 37 year vineyard in the Perdeberg area The soils are mainly decomposed granite and glenrosa. The vines are in natural balance, giving a low yield of 5 tons per hectare to enhance fruit complexity.

The wine is aged for a further six months before bottling.