2023 Rustenberg Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch

This is an easy-drinking Chenin that opens with notes of citrus and tropical fruit aromas. It has light acidity and ripe lemon, pineapple and grass flavors extending into a medium finish.

While Chenin Blanc has not been planted on the estate since the late 1980’s there is an abundance of superb bush vine Chenin Blanc in Stellenbosch, which we discovered in sourcing fruit for the Straw Wine each vintage. Grapes were hand harvested from 4 different bush vine blocks, 20 to 35 years old, in the Bottelary sub-region of Stellenbosch. This wine is a Rustenberg take on a varietal synonymous with South Africa.