Balance Winemaker’s Selection Chenin Blanc 2023

This medium-bodied wine shows a beautiful melange of guava, passion fruit with a hint of citrus.

Goes well with oysters, seared tuna, pasta with a rich Gorgonzola sauce and quiche.

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variety : Chenin Blanc [ 100% Chenin Blanc ]

winery : Overhex Wines

winemaker : Ben Snyman

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 12.0 % vol rs : 4.2 g/l pH : 3.67 ta : 5.55 g/l

type : White style : Dry body : Full taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Screwcap

The 2023 season will be remembered for the initial cool weather conditions that made ripening very slow. Phenolic ripeness occurred later and that lead to longer maturation time in the vineyards, creating exciting wines that are full and complex.

in the vineyard : The vineyards are found in a variation in meso-climates, exposed hills, and sheltered valleys, with soils from Granite, Sandstone soils and Alluvial soils. Grapes are picked from a selection of these different wards in the Western Cape.

in the cellar : Cold skin maceration was carried out for six hours before the free run juice was left to ferment in stainless steel tanks for three weeks at 12°C. The wine was left on the gross lees where batonnage was applied for a week. It was then racked and left on the fine lees till right before bottling.

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