Support An Endangered Species

Support An Endangered Species

We've looked at some of the Painted Wolf wines in the past in the Wine Club, but I thought this was an interesting one to include given that it is barrel-fermented, making it very different from a lot of the South African Chenin Blanc available in the UK. It's also a great opportunity to support the charity again, and the South African Wild Dog that adorns the label.

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Chenin Blanc is harvested from a number of blocks on farms which border Agter Paarl/ Swartland, from both irrigated and dry farmed vines of 20 to 40 years old. This wine was made from ripe grapes picked to deliver a rich flavour and texture. A portion of the wine was treated in a conventional manner, with about 30% being fermented with a small number of French oak staves at 15 Celsius until about 10 balling and then cooled down to 6 degrees (to bring a Loire winter to the wine) where it continued to slowly ferment for a further 2 months building glycerol and texture in the wine. The cooling is then turned off bringing spring to the wine, and allowing a further period of slow fermentation.

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