Deetlefs Estate Chenin Blanc - New Vintage Release

Grilled chicken or smoked chicken salad, brie & goat’s milk cheese.

Medium straw colour. Less complexity with quince, white peach, ripe nectarine, delicate citrus blossoms with a hint of apricot. The wine has a fresh granny smith acidity on entry with a broad middle palate with some spice and lees texture. The wine shows a smooth roundness, a pithy textured finish with growing complexity.

Grapes were selected from a vineyard block planted in 1993. Clone A1064 on Richter 99. Reductive winemaking techniques were used in the winery to preserve the delicate fruit aromas. This wine was inoculated with D47 and CY3079. Only 500 litre barrels were used as it suits the style that we want to express. Oak maturation for a five-month period gives this wine enough room to express fruit development with the slightest touch of oak to balance out the mid-palate and create a soft and rounded sensation