Reverie Chenin Blanc

Jacques de Klerk is winemaker and viticulturalist who for the past few years has been making miniscule amounts of exceptional  Chenin Blanc from a special old dry-farmed vineyard in the Swartland.  This is a single vineyard of Chenin Blanc, planted in 1978, rooted in ancient granite soils, these vines have gone without irrigation their entire life and have grown up tough and hardy.  Grapes are harvested early to preserve the natural acidity and freshness. Hand harvested and sorted then de-stemmed and crushed by hand and foot. Skins are left in contact with the juice for 5 days before being basket pressed and transferred into old barrels without any settling. With spontaneous fermentation the wine is subsequently matured on its lees for 14 months, with only occasional stirring. No fining or filtration is used.