Balance Winemakers Selection Chenin Blanc 2013

To create this wine our winemaker selected only the most exceptional fruit, grown in prime vineyard blocks. This medium bodied wine shows a beautiful melange of guava, passion fruit with a hint of citrus.

Goes well with oysters, seared tuna; pasta with a rich gorgonzola sauce and quiche.

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variety : Chenin Blanc [ 100% Chenin Blanc ]

winery : Overhex Wines

winemaker : JC Martin

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 13.0 % vol rs : 3.0 g/l pH : 3.6 ta : 6.1 g/l

type : White style : Dry body : Full taste : Fruity

pack : Bottle closure : Screwcap

AWARDS

2013 Veritas Wine Awards - Bronze

about the harvest: February

in the cellar : Cold skin maceration was carried out for six hours, juice then fermented in stainless steel tanks for three weeks at 12ºC. Wine was left in the tanks on the lees where batonage was applied for a week. Wine was then racked and left on the fine lees till bottling.

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