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David & Nadia make this Hoe-Steen bottling from old Chenin Blanc vines in South Africa’s Swartland. Twelve months in barrel builds texture around ripe pear, white peach and a beeswax richness, with a saline, dry finish.
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Description
David & Nadia farm in the Swartland, the warm dryland district north of Cape Town that has become the centre of South Africa's new-wave white wines. Hoe-Steen comes from old bush-vine Chenin Blanc rooted in decomposed granite and quartz, soils that hold little water and force the vines to work, giving concentrated fruit and firm natural acidity. The old vines carry small crops that ripen slowly through the dry summer. Fermentation runs with wild yeast and the wine spends twelve months in seasoned oak barrels on its lees, where gentle oxygen exchange and lees contact broaden the palate and add a nutty, savoury edge without overt oak flavour. The colour is pale gold. The nose shows white peach, pear and honey over beeswax and a hint of almond. The palate is dry and textured, with lemon acidity and a saline, mineral finish that reflects the granite. Serve at 10 to 12 degrees in a standard white glass.
Additional information
Pour it with roast pork belly or herb-roasted chicken, where the barrel texture matches the richness. The saline, dry finish also works with grilled white fish and hard nutty cheeses such as Comte or aged Gruyere.
