Koopmanskloof Chenin Blanc 2022

Pale Straw Colour.  Expressive fruit aromas on the nose, following through on the palate.  Apple, pineapple, and passion fruit with a touch of guava.  Beautifully balanced wine with a complex mouthfeel due to extended lees contact, still good natural acidity to give it a crispy finish. Vineyard Soil tipe:  Broken Granite Irrigation:  Dry land Bush vine against Bottelary Hills: Esst-west row direction Harvest: At 23 degrees Balling Cellar; Skin contact only during separation from the skin. Settling of juice overnight in wine tanks.  Removed juice from lees after settling.  Juice taken to fermentation tanks to be inoculated with Vin 7, Vin 13 and NT 116 wine yeast for fermentation.  Cold fermentation for 2-3 weeks at 12 - 14 degrees Celsius temperature.