Stellenrust Series Rare Mothership Chenin Blanc White Wine

Description

If you’re looking for a ‘Grand Cru’ level of Chenin Blanc with luscious richness, this wine is the real deal.Established in 1928, Stellenrust is one of South Africa’s most successful family-owned wineries, with extensive vineyards in premium Stellenbosch. As with many Cape estates, Chenin is something of a speciality. But few estates lavish quite as much care as this wine has enjoyed. First, the fruit is hand harvested from half-century-old bush vines from their Bottelary vineyard. So quality and intensity are the finest. Then the juice is fermented with wild yeasts in oak barrels or special concrete egg fermenters. All this adds many layers of richness and complexity. A year on lees adds even more. Jamessuckling.com wrote of it, “This white has fantastic intensity and energy. Aromas of salted caramel, cedar, peaches, spiced apples, lime peel and tobacco follow through to a full-bodied, lively and compact palate, bursting with flavor.” A top drop with duck or salmon.