Chenin Blanc

Sushi, shellfish, salads, Chinese cuisine, chicken dishes with a creamy sauce.

Grapes were selected from various vineyards in Franschhoek and Swartland. The Chenin Blanc grapes were harvested by hand between 22.5˚ and 23.4˚ Balling with good harvesting conditions throughout and the drought effecting yields.

The wine was left on its primary lees for six months and stirred three times a week to enhance flavours and mouth-feel.

Fermentation took place in a stainless steel tank at 12.5˚C and lasted 25 days. 5% of the wine was barrel fermented in older oak barrels and the rest in stainless steel tanks.

Rickety Bridge Winery is an historic Franschhoek wine estate. Situated in the renowned Franschhoek valley the food and wine capital of South Africa the Rickety Bridge winery and Country Manor House nestle against the hillside overlooking vineyards and the majestic Wemmershoek Mountains. The land dates back to 1694 when the farms were granted to the first French Huguenots who settled in the area.