Perdeberg The Dry Land Collection Courageous Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc 2021

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Ready to be enjoyed now with the potential to age further for eight years at optimum storage conditions.

Under extreme conditions, Mother Nature provides its best fruit. The Dry Land Collection wines pays homage to its testing terroir, showcasing the uniqueness of wines produced from dry land vineyards. Created in a new world style, these wines are complex with ample fruit structure. Each wine holds a symbolic name that shares a characteristic of its source.

After the grapes were de-stemmed, skin contact was given for two hours, and the juice was extracted. Only free-run juice was used, and great care was taken to make sure that the juice was clear before fermentation. This ensured that the pure, concentrated fruitiness of the dryland grapes were infused into the wines.

Made in a rich and ripe wooded style, this Chenin Blanc was fermented and matured in 500-litre French oak barrels for ten months and was aged a further six months in the bottle. Together with the age-old traditions of Dry Land viticulture, it resulted in a very aromatic and richly textured wine, with characteristics typical to Chenin Blanc grown under these conditions.