David and Nadia, Chenin Blanc Swartland 2022

The main Chenin Blanc is formed from eight vineyards, planted from 1968 to 1986. The wine is based on granite soils from the Paardeberg, blended with shale/schist from the east, clay rich soils from the north and iron rich soils from the western parts of the region. The grapes were whole bunch pressed, naturally fermented and matured for 11 months in neutral 300L French oak barrels. 15-20% of the blend went in to concrete.

David & Nadia is a family owned Swartland driven project and they focus on a spectrum of organic, old and dry land bush vine vineyards from different areas with different soil types throughout the Swartland, farmed by like-minded people. They are members of the Swartland Independent Producers. In the vineyard the aim is for biological farming and in the cellar, work is as natural as possible. It is all about the soil and vineyards after all. Believing in a pure, fresh and natural style, where site and soil are at work with minimal influence from a winemaking point of view.