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Badenhorst Family White, Kalmoesfontein White Blend, Coastal Region, 2019
Just six hundred cases made of Adi Badenhorst’s top white blend, based on 54% Chenin Blanc, with, in declining proportions, Semillon, Roussanne, Viognier, Grenache Blanc and Palomino. Most of the grapes are pressed together, then fermented... Read More
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ColourWhite
RegionCoastal
GrowerBadenhorst
Grape VarietyChenin Blanc Blend
Vintage2019
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBAD319
Badenhorst Family Wines
Swartland, South Africa
We met Adi Badenhorst when he was making great wines at Rustenberg, and we have been shipping bottles from the family-owned vineyards at Kalmoesfontein farm on the Paardeberg for so many years that we still remember the days of bats nesting in the bedrooms and the resident Cape Cobra that lived behind one of the fermentation tanks!
The farm is now a...
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Tim Aktin
Tim Aktin is an award-winning wine writer and Master of Wine with 35 years’ experience.
He writes for a number of publications, including Harpers, Decanter, The World of Fine Wine, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Drinks Business and am one of the Three Wine Men.
Tim's a co-chairman of the International Wine Challenge, the world’s most rigorously judged blind...
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Badenhorst Family White, Kalmoesfontein White Blend, Coastal Region, 2019
Just six hundred cases made of Adi Badenhorst’s top white blend, based on 54% Chenin Blanc, with, in declining proportions, Semillon, Roussanne, Viognier, Grenache Blanc and Palomino. Most of the grapes are pressed together, then fermented and aged in large old foudres for 10 months before resting on their lees in concrete for another 6 months before bottling.
Dazzling straight out of the blocks: flavours of key lime pie and zest plus stone fruit; concentrated, with a chalky backbone; incipient hints of honeyed richness and savouriness; and an unfurling finish. Decant to drink now – and will keep well too. Now-2027
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