Earthbound Organic Chenin Blanc 2014

Colour: Light gold.
Nose: Notes of guava, litchi, apricot and pears.
Taste: Ripe fruit with subtle dried pear and apricot flavours with a delicately lingering aftertaste.

Enjoy with a variety of grilled chicken or seafood dishes such as crayfish or prawns and with spicy Thai cuisine.

variety : Chenin Blanc [ 100% Chenin Blanc ]
winemaker : Samuel Viljoen
wine of origin : Darling
analysis : alc : 14.55 % vol  rs : 0.96 g/l  pH : 3.57  ta : 6.52 g/l  
type : White  
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Screwcap  

AWARDS

2014 Nedbank Green Wine Awards - Best Value Wine
2014 Michelangelo Wine and Spirit Competition - Grand d'Or (Double Gold)
in the vineyard : Farm Manager: Hennie van der Westhuizen

Background
The grapes for the Earthbound range of mostly organic wines are sourced from Fairtrade-­?accredited Papkuilsfontein Vineyards near Darling, close to South Africa's rugged West Coast. The farm has 375 ha under vine of which 173 ha is organically grown.

Organic
The vines were certified as organic by the Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) after athree-­?year conversion process.

Fairtrade-­accredited
For every ton of grapes harvested for this wine, apremium of €0,50 is paid that goes towards projects intended to benefit workers on the farm, Papkuilsfontein Vineyards, near Darling. Ajoint body, representing the workers decides on how premiums will be spent.

BWI member
Papkuilsfontein is amember of the Biodiversity &Wine Initiative that seeks to protect the wealth of biodiversity found in the Cape Floral Kingdom by rehabilitating land on wine farms to indigenous habitat.

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested by hand at 23.5° to 24.7° Balling at the end of January and early February.

in the cellar : The juice was fermented in temperature-­?controlled stainless steel tanks. After fermentation the wine was racked of its gross lees and then stabilised and bottled.

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