2021 Savage Never Been Asked To Dance Chenin Blanc

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If South African Chenin Blanc gets you going, you simply can't skip out on this stellar rendition from Duncan Savage.

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This is an absolutely stellar expression of South African Chenin Blanc from Duncan Savage.

The fruit comes from a 68 year old organically farmed vineyard, where the wild animals (including baboons!) enjoy the fruit as much as we do, plucking the delicious grapes right off the vines.

Luckily, though, they leave enough for Duncan to be able to craft this killer wine.

It's all about fruit purity and terroir, showing off layers of complexity and flavours of white beaches, herbs, fresh acidity and wet stone minerality from the granitic soils.

At Savage Wines, vineyards are leased, and grapes are sourced from around the Western Cape.

97 Points - "The wine was whole bunch pressed with oxidative juice handling before a natural fermentation and 100% malolactic fermentation followed by 10 months ageing in old 600 litre Stockinger barrels. The emphasis on this wine is always purity of terroir, varietal typicity and that glorious liquid minerality you get from the decomposed granite soils. In this exceptional vintage, all the classical aromatics are on show with layers of complex crushed granite, struck flint, wet stones together with pithy white peach, dried baking herbs, fynbos and dry summer bushveld. On the palate there is an incredibly fresh, energising acidity that adds a wonderful frame to the rich textural concentration of yellow summer orchard fruits, pineapple pastille, toasted almonds, white peach and apple puree nuances. Only in its fourth vintage, this pure Chenin Blanc wine seems to grow in cult status year after year, with this 2021 release rising to yet new incredible heights of quality making this wine just about as serious as any premium old vine white coming out of South Africa!" - Greg Sherwood MW (Wine Safari)

95 Points - "From 65 year old Paarl vines. Lots going on, thatch & quince, some stonefruit, 2021 reflects the barrel oaking as toasted almonds, deepening on the palate. Ends mineral, fresh & long. Has style & distinctiveness, a grown-up, stellar chenin." - Christine Rudman (Platter Wine Guide)

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