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City on a Hill Chenin Blanc 2024
R200.00
Chenin blanc is the most celebrated grape variety in South Africa and the first recorded plantings dating back to the mid 1600’s. The Swartland offers some of the best terroir in the world for producing premium offerings of Chenin blanc and is scattered with bush vine Chenin blanc vineyards.
As we treat all our white grapes the same, this is truly an expression of Swartland Chenin blanc.
Harvesting took place in the morning and the grapes were transported to the winery where it spent a night in a cold room. The grapes were whole bunch pressed the next day and settled overnight without the use of enzymes. The juice was racked the following day into foudre and old 300L barrels and fermented naturally. The wine spent 10 months in foudre and barrel and was then blended and bottled.
ALCOHOL 13.35 % |RESIDUAL SUGAR 1.9 g/L| TOTAL ACID 5.6 g/L| pH 3.24
Description
“A city set on a hill cannot be hidden”, declares a passage from the bible that inspired the name for André Bruyns’ small set up South of Malmesbury. It reflects his spirituality, but also his aspirations in showing what Swartland soils and vineyards are capable of.
“The Swartland is a magical place,” he declares. “Its strength lies in the sense of community, its soils and its vineyards.”
He launched City on a Hill in 2015 following stints at wineries in France, Tulbagh and in the Swartland. For André, southern France’s climatic conditions and plantings remind him of the Swartland.
He sources fruit from across the region and applies minimum intervention in the winery. The wines are fermented naturally in concrete and old oak barrels and bottled with only a coarse filtration.
Additional Information
| Producer | City on a Hill |
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