Springfontein Terroir Selection Chenel 2021

100% Chenel

Proefnotitie
This Chenel is true to the terroir characterized by cool climate and limestone soils. It has apple and peach notes on the nose, minerality and soft acidity on the palate. The oak aromas are well integrated and very subtle on the taste.

Winemaking
The grapes were harvested by hand early in the morning and left in a cold room at 6 °C overnight. The following morning, the grapes were whole bunch pressed into stainless steel tanks for clarification over 60 hours. Cleared juice was then fermented with indigenous yeast species in 1st fill French and eggshaped vats for 4 weeks. Matured for 8 months with regular bâtonnage of the yeast lees.

Chenel was born in 1974 as a hybrid of the parents’ couple Chenin Blanc and Ugni Blanc (Trebbiano Toscano) by Christiaan Orffer, who also held the professorship at the chair of Viticulture and Oenology in Stellenbosch from 1963 to 1986 and was one of the founding fathers of the South African Society for Oenology & Viticulture.