2021 AVA Chenin Blanc
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Fuller-bodied and generously layered, yet still managing to capture elegance with weight, the 2021 AVA Chenin Blanc is ripe, focused and juicy. Medium to full-bodied, the palate offers breadth and complexity while showing a kiss of sweetness before a touch of phenolic bitterness appears across the mid-palate. The wine glides to a delightfully lingering and food-friendly finish. Give it a try!
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Neal Martin
Anthony Mueller, Wine Advocate
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The 2021 Chenin Blanc Ava comes from a small parcel of Chenin Blanc on schist soils. It has a neutral bouquet, light flinty scents with a touch of dry straw emerging with time. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, taut and linear, neutral in style like the nose with a twist of sour lemon on the finish. Excellent.
About the producer

Working with fruit from the Swartland, Piekenierskloof, Darling and Stellenbosch, Donovan Rall is one of South Africa’s top winemaking talents. He created his own label in 2008, while working alongside Eben Sadie, and now consults on various projects as well as making his exception Rall wines.