Chenin blanc has become synonymous with top South African wines, with the country boasting the world's largest plantings of the grape. Interwoven with the history of winemaking at the Cape, chenin blanc was likely part of the first wines produced in 1659. Today, it remains the country's most widely planted wine grape, producing diverse styles that reflect the unique terroir of the Cape region.
The chenin blanc grape has, over the past two decades, become synonymous with the top wine offerings from South Africa, the country not only having the most extensive plantings of this variety in the world but also through the fact of chenin blanc being interwoven with the history of winemaking at the Cape.
And from those early beginnings of the country’s wine industry, chenin blanc has played a major role in the history of Cape wine; the variety is today still the country’s most widely planted wine grape.‘Chenin Blanc is an integral part of the legacy of Cape wines,’ says Carina Gous, GM of Klein Zalze Wines in Stellenbosch.
‘These are made in a diversity of styles reflecting the individual features of the diverse terroir found in the Cape and have become a calling card for South African wine.’ Some 558ha of Old Vine Chenin Blanc is found in Stellenbosch, a factor that has contributed to the region’s status as the country’s foremost appellation.According to RJ Botha, Kleine Zalze cellarmaster, who has the privilege of working with these vinous treasures, old vine grapes add an ‘X-factor’ to their chenin blanc wines.‘On the one side, there is the attraction of each vineyard having a story to tell.
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