Raats Eden High density Single Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2022

The wine fresh and delicate  yet inviting nose displays peach blossom, greengage, lime, green apple, white peach, pineapple, ginger, angelica and peppery spiciness.  The palate shows notes of quince, granadilla, kumquat, mandarin orange, melon, pear and lemon-meringue against a bacldrop of steely minerality.  Hints of roasted hazelnuts and almonds add tot he complexity of the palate.  The wine is exceptionally linear and fresh with a fine texture and finishes with notes of fennel and the ginger spiciness promised by the nose.

Age of vines: 14 years/ Plant density: 1mx1.2m

Grapes were hand harvest at 21.6 Balling during the second week of February 2014.  The tons were 1.7 per hectare.  All grapes are from the Raats Eden High density single vineayrd block in Polkadraai, Stellenbosch.

11 months in French oak