Cavalli Filly Chenin Blanc

APPELLATION

Stellenbosch

GRAPE VARIETIES

100 % Chenin Blanc

VINIFICATION

Grapes are picked at optimal ripeness with generous acidity. The Chenin blanc is whole bunch pressed followed by fermentation in French oak barrels with a combination of new, 2nd fill and 3rd fill 225L barrels. The wine is kept on its fermentation lees with the occasional batonnage for 10 months until bottling.

COLOR

Light straw yellow

NOSE

Mounds of citrus, lemon zest and vanilla compliment an exotically wooded aroma

MOUTHFEEL

The palate shows loads of peaches and apricots, yellow plums with a crisp acidity holding the wine together.

Technical notes 

Vintage: 2020

TA: 7.0 g/L 

RS: 2.21 g/L 

Alcohol: 13.5 % 

Vinmonopolets varenummer: 13875301, bestillingsutvalget