Seven Oaks 6+1 Chenin Blanc Heritage Block Single Barrel 2020

From 37-year old vineyards, this wine has soft aromas of tropical fruit with hints of vanilla. Fruit, strawberries and watermelon flavours with subtle oak flavours give a well-rounded Chenin Blanc.

1 hectare trellised vineyard, Rootstock 101-14, drip-irrigation. Cool mountain breezes, slow ripening period. Winter snow. Mainly winter rains. Summers are warm dry and windy

Ancient alluvium, consisting of river-worn sandstone boulders and gravel mixed with varying amounts of sand and clay, overlaying deeply weathered claley shaley bedrock.

We work reductively and minimise oxidation to protect the flavours in the juice. Grapes were gently pressed and only the best juice was fermented in stainless steel tanks, After fermentation, the wine spent 4 months on the lees to bring complexity. Thereafter the wine was moved to the oak barrel for a short maturation period.