Blind Corner Crémant 2009
This is made from a single block of Wilyabrup Chenin Blanc, bottle fermented and aged for 15 months on lees. Blind Corner produce some other interesting wines – a wild fermented, 5% air-dried, lees...
View ArticleIpso Facto Chenin 2010
The back label description is succinct, so I’m going to quote it. Dry grown. 30 year old vines. Hand picked. Whole bunch pressed. Wild ferment in barrel. Lees stirred. Nine months in French oak....
View ArticleBella Ridge Estate Chenin Blanc 2009
Those with a keen eye will have spotted that the label is for the Semillon, but that’s the only similar bottle image I could find, so deal with it. Quite possibly the best Chenin Blanc this side of...
View ArticleWillow Bridge Estate ‘Dragonfly’ Chenin Blanc 2013
Particularly like this sentence from the back label: “…around half of the wine was fermented cool and clean in tank, whilst the other half was fermented warm and (just a little bit) dirty in pre-loved...
View ArticleWaterkloof Circle of Life 2011
Yeah, it’s stuck in my head too. It’s a blend of… well, they don’t say, but I’m thinking Chenin Blanc, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. One source said it was mostly Sauvignon, but it doesn’t taste that...
View ArticleMaison Langlois-Chateau Crémant de Loire Blanc Brut NV
The blend is 60% Chenin Blanc, 20% Chardonnay and 20% Cabernet Franc. Taken from different sites that mostly involve chalky soil. Its secondary fermentation is carried out in bottle and the wine is...
View ArticleJauma ‘Pet Nat’ Chenin Blanc 2013
The method: Pétillant Naturels are made by bottling a wine that hasn’t finished fermentation and allowing it to finish its fermentation in bottle, which creates a sparkling wine from the Carbon...
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