De Trafford Chenin Blanc Reserve 2021

Wine awards:

John Platter: 4.5 stars / 92 points
Tim Atkin 2022: 94 points

Wine awards of previous vintages :

Jahrgang 2020 - John Platter: 4.5 Sterne
Jahrgang 2020 - Tim Atkin 2022: 94 Punkte

Bewertungen:

A refined and complex drop with stunning aromatics and wonderful depth

€39.95 *

Content: 0,75 Liter (€53.27 * / 1 Liter)

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The De Trafford Chenin Blanc Reserva presents itself of wonderful yellow-golden straw color in the glass and exudes an exciting bouquet of nutty hints, lemon, lime, dried apricots and dark caramel. The palate is immensely refined and complex, indulging in layered flavors that have been able to develop thanks to 22 months on the fine lees. A Chenin Blanc of stunning depth and texture and a lingering and delicately saline finish. . This text has been automatically translated.

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The De Trafford Chenin Blanc Reserva presents itself of wonderful yellow-golden straw color in the glass and exudes an exciting bouquet of nutty hints, lemon, lime, dried apricots and dark caramel. The palate is immensely refined and complex, indulging in layered flavors that have been able to develop thanks to 22 months on the fine lees. A Chenin Blanc of stunning depth and texture and a lingering and delicately saline finish.

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Treatment in the cellar

The grapes were lightly crushed and first spent two hours on the skin before going into the traditional basket press for gentle pressing. A small amount of sulfur was added to the juice, which was left to rest for two days before being left in wooden barrels and fermented spontaneously. "Spontaneous" in this context means that no commercial yeasts were added to the juice; only the wild yeast naturally occurring on the fruit and in the environment set the fermentation in motion. The wine fermented and aged for 22 months in a combination of 400-liter and 700-liter barrels, with regular stirring up and down of the yeast (batonnage). No new wood was used in this process and malolactic fermentation took place only partially. Finally, the wine was lightly tinted with bentonite (a natural clay) and filled unfiltered by hand on the bottle.

Product information
wine type:	White wine
vintage:	2021
country:	South Africa
region:	Stellenbosch
winemaker:	David Trafford, Hendry Hess
alcohol [Vol%]:	John Platter 4.5 Sterne, Tim Atkin 93/100
treatment in the cellar:	wooden barrel
style:	full bodied
character:	dry
grape variety:	Chenin Blanc
leading grape variety:	Chenin Blanc
mono varietal / blend:	mono varietal
Alcohol [Vol%]:	14.26
acid [g/l]:	5.8
acidity levels:	low
pH-value:	3.31
SO2 Content [mg/l]:	94
free SO2 content [mg/l]:	8
recommended drinking temp. [°C]:	12-14
goes well with:	fish & seafood, poultry
residual sugar [g/l]:	2.6
Packaging:	Bottle
bottle closure:	cork
bottlesize [Liter]:	0,75
Aging potential:	2030
Importer:	Curry Premium Wines oHG, D-86938 Schondorf
age restrictions:	from 16 years
allergenes:	contains sulfite