| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | South Africa |
| Colour | White |
| Type | Still |
The first vintage of this wine, a blend of chenin blanc from the property (previously bottled as single-vineyard wines Skool, Golden Slopes, Klip Kop, Kelder). Sliced pears, honey, chamomile, wildflowers, lemons, salted almonds and seaweed make for an aromatically complex, intense and flavorful wine. It’s full-bodied, creamy and layered. Delicious and very fresh too. From vines planted from 1968 to 1971. Drink or hold.
Grensloos rounds up all Adi Badenhorst's single vineyard sites, most of which used to be bottled on their own. Using grapes from five sites on Jakkalsfontein and Kalmoesfontein, it's very gently wooded in foudres and concrete tanks, with lots of leesy richness, stony concentration and layers of beeswax, white flowers, honey and citrus. More than the sum of it's parts. Drink 2025 to 2035.
Made with fruit from certified heritage vines, the A. A. Badenhorst Family Wines 2023 Swartland Grensloos Chenin Blanc strikes a beautiful balance between intensity and elegance. There is nothing excessive on the bouquet, where elements of stone fruit, saffron and crushed stone converge smoothly to add to the wine's nuanced appeal. The Grensloos provides a beautiful window onto the purity of the grape. The wine is finely textured with medium-bodied appeal and laced with mineral definition throughout. This is a release of 8,000 bottles. Drink 2024 - 2035.
