VINEYARD FRIENDS Cape Grey Mongoose Chenin Blanc 2022

Great wine is made in the vineyard, farming side by side with nature, not against it. After all, sustainable winemaking is a team effort. It’s about maintaining the delicate balance between flora, fauna, and the human hand. Each wine we make honours the unique animals of the Cape that make the precious vineyards their home. Light golden with green hue. Complex varietal expression with intense aromas of dried orange peel, stonefruit and floral notes. A well-structured wine with ripe richness, a sweet mid palate finishing refreshingly dry. Well balanced and fruity with a lingering finish.

Welcome to Vineyar Friends

Intelligent and playful, the Cape Grey Mongoose is charming to watch, feeding off insects and burrowing in the vineyards. A fellow friend of the vineyards, this wine honours the small, bushy-tailed Mongoose - both big on attitude and surprisingly dynamic. In our quest to source unique and exclusive vineyards, we visit many sites and meet interesting farmers along the way. In the past few years, we have noticed a definitive move towards sustainable vineyard practices and the preservation of natural flora and fauna. The goal is to establish long term relationships with these growers and promote their innovative approach to sustainability so that the wines we produce today, can be enjoyed for generations to come.

Grapes are sourced from mature sites in Perdeberg, Rawsonville and Worcester. Harvested at full ripeness at the different sites, cold settled and fermented (14-16°C) with specially selected yeast strains that accentuate modern, bright Chenin Blanc fruit. This ensured wonderful components to create this ripe, tropical wine with a hint of wheatiness.