As a chenin convert, I give credit to the boys from the Swartland for introducing me to it.
Great balanced wines from their bushvines and with a freshness without the high acids taking the polish off my teeth! Well done Eben Sadie, Adi Badenhorst, Chris Mullineax and a few others!

I agree that the cultivar Chenin Blanc is underrated in South Africa. So is the Orange River Wine Cellar's Chenin Blanc (unwooded) and Chenin de Barrique (wooded). The 2011 year of producing Chenin Blanc surely must be one of the best in the history of the cellar! But, perhaps and because they are a day long drive from the traditinal Cape winelands, Orange River Wine Cellars suffer from the phenonmenon "out of sight, out of heart". These two wines deserve more attention - the unwooded for easy drinking and being the catalyst of a roudy pool party on a hot summer's day / night ... while the barrique will be more to the liking of the boe tie types, the ones who like listening to some serious opera or discussing the equally complex situation in Israel / Palestine.