Indulge in the elegant silky body of Waterkloof Chenin Blanc, a premium South African wine with a well-defined complexity of quince, peach, and apple notes. Balanced by refreshing acidity and minerality, it offers a long, honeyed finish with hints of apricot. Perfectly paired with light seafood pasta, goats cheese salad, or roasted butternut squash.

Critic Review

Decanter Magazine: 96 Pts
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2035

"Cool, leesy mineral nose with restraint. Palate has ginger and honeyed fruit, good flavour integration, quite a harmonious mouthful."
Greg Sherwood MW, Beverley Blanning MW, Roger Jones

About the Producer

Waterkloof was founded back in 2004 and is a family-owned vineyard using sustainable Organic practices.  The vineyards are perched high up on the windswept Schapenberg growing area, overlooking False Bay and the climate moderating Atlantic Ocean.  Healthy soils, a naturally low yield and a long growing season help provide Cellarmaster Nadia Barnard with balanced grapes that offer a clear sense of place and terroir.  In the winery they are transformed into wines with little intervention resulting in very fine, inimitable and eminently quaffable wines which are often best enjoyed with food.

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Vineyard and Winery

Size: 1.75 hectares (single block)
– Ocean Proximity: 5km
– Altitude: 300mExposure: East
– Windspeed: Hectic
– Soil: Compacted Sandstone (18% stone)
– Farming: Organic & Regenerative with no irrigation
– Vine Training: Bush Vine (stake-by-vine for support in wind)
– Yield: Grapes – 4tons/hectare        Wine – 33hl/hectare

THE CELLAR

– Hand-picked and hand-sorted
– Whole bunch pressed for purest juice
– Wild yeast ferment in old 600l French oak barrels
– 10 months on lees without stirring
– No additions other than sulphur
– 4386 bottles made