Slow Chenin Blanc
This delectable white wine from the Western Cape (South Africa) has gentle aromas of ripe apples and stone fruits. It is well-balanced on the palate with nuances of honey and citrus. Slow Chenin Blanc from False Bay Vineyards is a delicious wine to enjoy on its own or with light seafood dishes or oil-based pastas.
Grape Variety / Blend: chenin blanc
Winery / Estate: False Bay Vineyards"
This white wine from Western Cape (South Africa) has gentle aromas of ripe apples and stone fruits. It is well balanced on the palate with some honey and citrus fruits. Delicious wine to enjoy on its own or with some light seafood fare or oil-based pastas.
| Product-Type: | Wine |
| Type: | white |
| Price Point: | 751 to 1,000 |
| Style: | Lean & Round |
| Vintage: | 2019 2020 2022 2023 |
| Blend/Grape Variety: | chenin blanc |
| Volume: | 750 ml |
| Alcohol: | 13.00% |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Region: | Western Cape |
| Estate: | False Bay Vineyards |
| Appellation: | Coastal Region |
| Fermentation: | Natural |
| Wine-Making Process: | Sustainable |
| FOOD PAIRING: SALADS: | Salad with Sea Food |
| FOOD PAIRING: FISH: | Deepfried |
| FOOD PAIRING: OTHER CUISINES OF THE WORLD: | Chinese |
Winery
Named after South Africa’s most iconic bay, which frames much of the country’s premium winelands, False Bay Vineyards was borne out of a desire to make ‘real’ wine affordable.
Back in 1994, long before founding Waterkloof – his biodynamic vineyard overlooking False Bay- Paul Boutinot came to the Western Cape to seek out and rescue grapes from old, balanced and under-appreciated vineyards. These treasures were otherwise destined to be lost in the large co-operative blends that were dominating South Africa’s wine industry back then.
Unusually for that time, Paul transformed those Cape gems into wines with a minimum of intervention: Wild yeast ferments, no acid additions…you know the drill. A familiar story to many ‘real wine’ lovers now, but back then he was swimming against the tide. Even today, making wine this way at the price-level is almost unheard of.
Today the ingredients remain the same for Waterkloof’s Cellar Master Nadia Barnard: Fantastic coastal fruit, old vines and wild yeast abound, with additions avoided.