2022 Radford Dale Vinum Chenin Blanc 12 Pack

The gnarled, old bush vines that produce this truly characterful
Chenin Blanc are planted in some of the purest granite soils on the
foothills of the magnificent Helderberg Mountain, in Stellenbosch.
The vines are mainly grown under dryland conditions, meaning they
are not irrigated, and therefore their roots plunge meters into the
granite subsoil in search of moisture. The altitude of the vineyards,
the steep South-East facing slope, and the proximity to Ocean-facing
False Bay, on the Southern tip of Africa, mean that these vines are
well exposed and cooled by winds that come off the cold ocean,
during the long, hot summer. These factors combine to produce a
wonderfully fresh and vivacious expression of what is to us, the
Cape’s greatest grape.
IN THE CELLAR
Grapes were picked by hand as well as manually sorted to ensure
that we maintain the purity of varietal expression for which this wine
has become known. Gentle pressing in a pneumatic bag press, with
the extracted juice moved to a combination of 2500L Foudre, 500L,
300L, and 228L barrels for alcoholic fermentation. The barrels used
are predominantly 2nd to 6th fill French oak, of Burgundian
cooperages. Whilst the Foudre is of tight-grain, Austrian origin. The
usage of unintrusive oaking promotes optimal varietal expression.

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