Winemaker Notes
Secateurs Chenin Blanc is textured and flinty with notes of orange blossom.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
An inviting nose of peaches, sliced pears and dried orange peel. Medium-bodied with delightful texture. Bright and rounded with an expressive core of stone fruit.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Secateurs Chenin Blanc delights with fresh wax, lemony citrus, mineral notes and a kiss of phenolic bitterness, all balanced for easy drinking. Made using an interesting method of fractional blending during fermentation, this Chenin Blanc is fresh and easy to drink and ends with a balanced finish.
Unquestionably one of the most diverse grape varieties, Chenin Blanc can do it all. It shines in every style from bone dry to unctuously sweet, oaked or unoaked, still or sparkling and even as the base for fortified wines and spirits. Perhaps Chenin Blanc’s greatest asset is its ever-present acidity, maintained even under warm growing conditions. Somm Secret—Landing in South Africa in the mid 1800s, today the country has double the acreage of Chenin Blanc planted compared to France. There is also a new wave of dedicated producers committed to restoring old Chenin vines.
Literally meaning "the black land," Swartland takes its name from the endangered, indigenous "renosterbos" (translating to rhino bush), which used to be plentiful enough to turn the entire landscape a dark color certain during times of year. The district, attracting some of the most adventurous and least interventionist winemakers, excels in robust and full-bodied reds as well as quality fortified wines.