Producer | Alheit Vineyards |
Country | South Africa |
Region | Olifants River |
Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
Vintage | 2018 |
Sku | 24886 |
Size | 750ml |
South Africa’s young superstar, Chris Alheit’s old vine Chenin is supremely concentrated yet brimming with minerality and cut. Drink now or hold, this is outstanding value from one of RSA’s elite producers.
The vineyard lies a few degrees off true north from our cellar, roughly on magnetic North. The name implies distance and exploration. It implies a true course of action or movement. It implies an attractive force causing us to drive miles and miles for these vines. There is plenty of iron in the soil, which is a magnetic element, so that fit nicely too. In physical reality, Magnetic North is always moving, it never remains in the same place, so there is the added implication of a mysterious unattainable target.