Millton Clos de Ste. Anne La Bas Chenin Blanc

Quince × Lemon Meringue × Chalky
97/100 Cameron Douglas MS (2020 vintage)
 
🌿Sustainable Wine🌿
🐞Organic Wine🐞
🌒Byodynamic Wine🌒
 
Notes from the Winemaker: Within this little vineyard we make separate selections, pressed according to the profile of skin thickness, seed ripeness and mouth feel. The moon plays a part in this process as well. Whole clusters are gently pressed and we let the juice start fermenting on its own accord. Once this process is going and we know the yeasts are healthy we transfer the juice to large 600 litre demi muids barrels, where it stays for nine months until time for bottling. We don’t do anything except to discourage any malolactic fermentation as we want the wine to have nerve and a chipped stone minerality from the retained malic acid. Aging ‘sur lie’ for these nine months gives texture and depth to the palate and a quince like character to the nose. This wine is complete; the acidity holds true all the way through. There are aromas of honey, pears and bees wax and quince paste with a hint of warm wool and starched linen. The savoury acidity and austere dry textured tannin are refreshing, while a quince-like fruit flavour gives lift and great length to the overall taste. This wine will evolve beautifully, and gain honeyed richness, over the next dozen or so years. In the world of wine this Chenin Blanc has its own place.
 
Chenin Blanc from Gisborne
Vintage: 2021
Volume:750ml