61 Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc

This Chenin will compliment an array of dishes: from orange infused duck confit to lemon infused Norwegian salmon on a bed of creamed spinach and potato puree.

60 year old bush vines from Bottelary property planted in iron and decomposed granite. “We are mere custodians of old vines. They know best how to express their fruit in any particular vintage and we have taken up the honour of mediating that vintage into bottle with as minimal intervention as possible,” Tertius Boshoff.

Fermentation finishes in barrel over a 2 month period and the wine aged in barrel a total of 7 months.

Again, careful attention to every grape coming into the cellar was necessary in the dry, but cool 2025 vintage. Even though warmer temperatures than normal occurred during the harvest, hanging time was longer than other vintages. Botrytis development also took some time but did eventually occur after mid March drizzles. Grapes are harvested at 22 balling and the juice allowed to settle naturally over several days. The juice is then drawn off into a special selection of barrels (of which 16% is new and the rest an equal split up to 7 years old) and allowed to ferment naturally.

Stellenrust is a Stellenbosch producer working with nearly 400 hectares of vineyards across the Helderberg and Bottelary Hills. Known for Chenin Blanc and a broad range of South African wines, the estate focuses on matching varieties to site and capturing the character of Stellenbosch’s diverse soils and slopes.