Delheim Chenin Blanc Wild Ferment 2022*

Delheim Chenin Blanc Wild Ferment is a vibrant pale straw colour with a green hue is detected. Notes ranging from barley, apricots, peaches to tropical fruit are underpinned by well balance acidity and oak flavours. The wine follows through with citrus notes on the pallet that lingers on the aftertaste.

We approach this wine in a very natural way of making wine to respect
the fruit from the oldest block of Chenin Blanc on the farm.
The grapes are picked early morning to keep the temperature as cold as
possible. Bunches are de-stalked and grapes crushed before a gentle press.
The juice is left to settle for close to two days at cold temperatures then
racked off in to barrels and concrete egg-shaped tanks for fermentation.
Spontaneous fermentation is allowed to take place, (no commercial yeast
is used), which allows the wine to tell its own story and that of Delheim terroir.

Post fermentation, the wine is left on its fine lees to mature for another nine
months, after which it receives a light filtration and minimum dose of sulphur
before bottling. We then keep it at optimum temperature for another year
of bottle maturation.