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Cederberg, Chenin Blanc, Cederberg, 2023
Always our benchmark wine at this estate with vineyards at 3,000 feet of altitude in the midst of the Cederberg mountains: this is the 21st consecutive vintage we have shipped. Mouthwatering entry of tangerine, guava and passion fruit. As ever,... Read More
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ColourWhite
RegionCederberg
GrowerCederberg
Grape VarietyChenin Blanc
Vintage2023
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
CodeCED123
Cederberg
South Africa
The redoubtable David Nieuwoudt took over the Cederberg estate from his father in 1997.
We first visited David in 2003, when he was in the midst of his planting programme, and have worked with him ever since then.
The Cederberg vineyards here are 1100-1150 metres up in the Cederberg mountains, most of them on dramatic shale slopes. Good natural rainfall,...
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Chenin Blanc
Origins
- Anjou in the Loire, where documented in the 9thC
- Also known as Pineau in the Loire, Steen in South Africa
Characteristics
- Naturally productive and high yielding
- Huge range of styles: bone dry (e.g. Savennières); off-dry (e.g. old fashioned South African "Steen"); medium dry (e.g....
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Cederberg, Chenin Blanc, Cederberg, 2023
Always our benchmark wine at this estate with vineyards at 3,000 feet of altitude in the midst of the Cederberg mountains: this is the 21st consecutive vintage we have shipped. Mouthwatering entry of tangerine, guava and passion fruit. As ever, zippy and exuberantly fruity but also finishes crisp and dry. Now-2025
Made by David Nieuwoudt, who took over the amazing Cederberg estate from his father in 1997. The vineyards here are the highest in the Cape, at 1100-1150 metres up in the Cederberg mountains. Good natural rainfall, around 550-600mm, cool temperatures (occasionally snow-showers in winter), with plenty of wind, mean that Cederberg enjoys a near perfect climate, in particular a long ripening period. The whites are mountain-fresh, with plentiful natural acidity.
Not content with the efforts he has made at Cederberg - for example the new plantings into the hard shale slopes - he has also bought land in windswept Elim in the far south of the country on slate and granitic soils. He has branded his wines from there Ghost Corner, the name sailors used to give to nearby Cape Agulhas, the most southerly point of Africa.
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