2020 Intellego Chenin Blanc Swartland, South Africa Axel Domont a great Loire Valley winemaker

a great Loire Valley winemaker

co-fermentation with indigenous yeasts only

Fermentation occurred in open top fermenters with daily pump overs each with 14 days on skins before gentle pressing

These traditional Coffey stills are not easy to operate and not efficient to obtain spirits

2020 Intellego Chenin Blanc Swartland, South Africa Axel Domont a great Loire Valley winemakerThe fruit was hand harvested and whole bunch pressed with full solids to old 500L French foudres, where it fermented spontaneously. The wine sits sur lie, adding texture but also retaining tension to the final wine, and ages on the gross lees for 11 months. The wine was racked from barrel to tank and bottled without fining or filtration and only a small amount of SO2 added at bottling. Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc Vineyard: Single vineyard bush vine site