Botha Kelder Amyah Chenin Blanc 2020

R720.00

R240.00 per bottle
W.O Breedekloof

98 in stock

The wine has a lustrous green-gold hue with a multidimensional aroma of dried peaches, ripe tropical fruit and flavours of spring blossoms. The wine’s palate displays a well rounded richness of flavour and good acidity, with notes of peaches and almonds adding to the rewarding complexity.

Additional information

Weight 9 kg
Dimensions 20 × 16 × 30 cm

Technical Analysis

alc rs pH ta
13.6 5.6 3.56 6.3

Tasting Notes

The wine has a lustrous green-gold hue with a multidimensional aroma of dried peaches, ripe tropical fruit and flavours of spring blossoms. The wine’s palate displays a well rounded richness of flavour and good acidity, with notes of peaches and almonds adding to the rewarding complexity.

Wine Information

Pack Size: 3’s

Harvest Type: Hand picked

Crushing: Destemmed and Crushed

Fermentation: Only free run juice went to the barrels. 100% French Oak barrels 30% new oak 400lt and 70% 2-4year old 500lt & 300lt barrels. Barrel fermented for 25 -28 days (50% natural fermentation). Partial malolactic fermentation. Batonnage once a week for the first month.

Maturation in barrels for 10 months

Viticulture

Yield: 12 Tons / Ha

Trellis System: Bushvine (planted: East-west)

Age of Vines: 30 years

Irrigation: Dryland

Season variables: Earlier ripping with an average rainfall season.

Cultivar: 100% Chenin Blanc

Origin: Breedekloof, South Africa

Soil: Fernwood – sandy with medium organic content

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