Spier 21 Gables Chenin Blanc

WINEMAKER:

Jacques Erasmus

ORIGIN:

Cape Town - South Africa

VINEYARD AND WINEMAKING:

Dryland, semi-trellised vines with an age of 35 years yielded the grapes for this wine. The ocean breezes tempered the heat, enabling the berries to hang on the vine for longer. They were picked in four parcels in late February at a yield of 8 tonnes per hectare. Grapes were hand-harvested in 10kg lug boxes and pre-cooled before hand-sorting, destemming and crushing. Skin contact was limited to 6 hours and the free-run juice drained off to settle overnight before inoculation. The fermentation took place in a combination of 300L, 400L, 500L and 2500L ‘Tight Grain’ French oak barrels. The wine matured for 14 months in barrels

ANALYSIS:

APPEARANCE:

Molten buttery gold, with a bright, vibrant rim.

TASTING NOTE:

Soft aromas of dried apricots and ripe tropical fruit, with an oak and vanilla undertow on the nose. On the palate, there’s good acidity and rounded rich flavours of white flesh peaches, almond paste and creaminess.