Brookdale Wines

2024 Brookdale Old Vine Chenin Blanc

R425

Per Bottle

The 2024 season in Paarl will be remembered for its highly wet and cold winter and spring, during which flooding occurred and infrastructure was damaged. With the arrival of summer, the weather changed to very dry and windy conditions, which affected crop size. January was hot, which brought the harvest forward. Due to these weather conditions, the region experienced much variation between farms, cultivars, and yields

Availability: In stock

Door to door in South Africa. Estimated 5 – 10 working days.

Brookdale Chenin Blanc 2024 Old Vine

THOUGHTS & REFLECTIONS

What customers & critics are saying

TASTING NOTES

This Old Vine Chenin Blanc is rich and intense and offers classic aromas of green and poached apple, white peach, dried hay, licks of stem ginger and exotic herbs. The palate is full and seductive with perfectly judged oak aging. As the wine lingers in the mouth, more flavours unfurl with dried apricot. Oriental spice and candied pineapple wrapped in a creamy lees cape. Seamless, complex and sophisticated with an unwavering mineral farewell.

WINEMAKING

Sourced from old-vine Chenin Blanc planted in 1985 on decomposed shale and granite soils, this wine reflects a minimal intervention approach, allowing the terroir to show with clarity and precision. Grapes were hand-harvested over two pickings for optimal balance, then pre-cooled and whole-bunch pressed. After overnight settling, the juice was racked to seasoned 500L French oak for spontaneous fermentation and full malolactic conversion. The wine matured for 11 months in barrel, followed by a further 11 months in 2,500L foudre to build texture and integration, with an additional six months of bottle ageing prior to release.