Angus Paul Chenin Blanc 2023 ‘Fantamtango’

Angus Paul Chenin Blanc ‘Fantamtango’

Kleur: geel met een gouden gloed
Geur: open en mineraal, citrus, vers gesneden appel, lemongrass
Smaak: intrigerend, aanzet met een bite, dan heel rond en balans. Veel lengte.
Houdbaar: op dronk, minimaal houdbaar tot eind 2027
Lekker bij: stevige visgerechten (corvina of tonijn), zeebaars, viscurry, pittige vega gerechten, belegen kazen

WINEMAKING
Helderberg/Stellenbosch. Blaauwklippen valley. Grapes are hand picked and cooled overnight. The following morning they are put into the press and pressed as whole bunches. No sulphur, yeast, acid, enzymes or water were added. Very cloudy juice was transferred to neutral oak barrels, with only the heaviest of solids left behind. Fermentation took place over 4 weeks, after which about half of the barrels completed malolactic fermentation. In Autumn wines were sulphured for the first time. Wines were bottled in December after having spent 11 months in barrel with no racking or fining.

Tim Atkin 93/100
The appealingly named Fantamtango is a new Chenin Blanc from Angus Paul, sourced from a block at 300 metres on the Blaauwklippen Road close to Keermont. Riper in style than On a Flight of Furious Fancies, this has good weight and concentration, flavours of quince, pear and anise, very subtle wood and a sappy, petrichor undertone from 70% concrete egg ageing. 2024-30