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Chenin Blanc

Chenin Blanc

R125

Per Bottle

The very first of the wines to leave the cellar for Brookdale Estate was the Mason Road Chenin Blanc. The vines were the oldest that could be salvaged on the estate’s land when it was acquired by Tim Rudd.

A true Cinderella story, Chenin Blanc is now set to be one of our most celebrated varietals being produced by Brookdale in a variety of styles using different techniques.

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

CHENIN BLANC

Winemaker, Kiara Scott, is young, full of energy, and brings with her a new world order for the creation of Chenin Blancs. We love her ‘breaking boundaries’ approach to winemaking, echoed in Tim’s vision ‘to do something different at Brookdale’. Unlike the Brookdale Estate Chenin Blanc, the Mason Road Chenin is from younger vineyards and lightly oaked with only 20% in old French oak. It presents revitalising freshness alongside full fruit flavours as a result of the warm climate and cool mountain breeze.

The Mason Road Chenin Blanc has racy acidity and a pithy finish, a wine as nonconformist as its maker.

CHENIN BLANC

Winemaker, Kiara Scott, is young, full of energy, and brings with her a new world order for the creation of Chenin Blancs. We love her ‘breaking boundaries’ approach to winemaking, echoed in Tim’s vision ‘to do something different at Brookdale’. Unlike the Brookdale Estate Chenin Blanc, the Mason Road Chenin is from younger vineyards and lightly oaked with only 20% in old French oak. It presents revitalising freshness alongside full fruit flavours as a result of the warm climate and cool mountain breeze.

The Mason Road Chenin Blanc has racy acidity and a pithy finish, a wine as nonconformist as its maker.

Brookdale Estate Mason Road Chenin Blanc glass of wine 1

THOUGHTS & REFLECTIONS

What customers & critics are saying

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The nose shows a herbal top note before pear, peach, citrus and guava, while the palate has good fruit concentration … Great quality relative to price.

CHRISTIAN EEDES

WINE JOURNALIST, 2020

Lovely tropical nose with hints of nectarine and gooseberry on the palate, guava on the finish. Great with chicken, fish, salads or on its own.

KATE STALKER

CUSTOMER, 2021.

Kiara Scott is a name to watch out for! … Beautiful taut acidity. Good texture and mouthfeel. It’s just perfectly balanced.

LISA HARLOW

CUSTOMER, 2021

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DWWA 2022 GOLD GENERIC 1
Medaille Challenge GOLD
Michaelangelo 2022 gold
SA Wine Awards London Gold 1

TASTING NOTES

Fragrant and inviting, the wine opens with honeysuckle and pear drop; evolving to an electric current of topicality, like an island storm – pineapple, mango, zingy squeezes of lime and the flintiness of rain. On entry a bloom on honeycomb precedes fleshy pear and that abundance of tropical fruit, around which an enlivening acidity sculpts and cools.

WINEMAKING

From vineyards planted majority 2016 adding a jolt of freshness. Vines from 1985 and 1993 add depth and concentration, building complexity with terroir, rather than tools. Pre-cooled fruit is destemmed and crushed before being lightly pressed. Majority free-run juice is used that is settled overnight. Fermentation occurred in stainless steel tanks. The wine is aged for 10 months on the lees. A small percentage of barrel-aged Chenin Blanc is added before bottling for added complexity.

Technical analysis

ALCOHOL

13.38% Vol

TOTAL ACIDITY

5.7 g/l

pH

3.32

RESIDUAL SUGAR

2.7 g/l

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