This is an awesome Chenin Blanc, so complex and rich, yet with fabulous acidity on an incredibly long finish. From a variety of old-vine plots (35-50-year-old) around the winery. Partially aged in barrel for 12 months. Significantly older vines and a barrel influence immediately suggest more richness but that’s not the over-riding impression in the glass! Ronceray is more concentrated and it’s way ‘tighter’, leaner in its initial feel and literally shimmering with tension. It’s an exciting and quite delicious drink right now but there’s surely an incredible story to unfold here over the next few years as well. Beautiful, serious wine.
