R425 - R700
2012 Luddite Chenin Blanc (750ml) x 1 bottle - Provenance: Restaurant Mosaic Wine Cellar Collection
This was the maiden Chenin vintage from Niels Verburg. The Luddite Chenin is a real “push the boat out” wine. Niels states: “We really wanted to express the nature of Chenin Blanc in the Bot River area, so batches of free run juice and pressed juice were put in barrel without settling and allowed to ferment naturally. We also did a batch of fermentation on skins with regular punch downs. I feel by doing this, we have allowed the wine to express exactly the direction it wanted to go. We used old barrels to allow the natural grape expression to come through. The wine was left on lees for 12 months with regular batonnage – no sulphur was added to allow the wine to develop its own characteristics without any intervention. All the batches were blended and then bottled and we are very excited with the result. The wine remained in barrels for 12 months after which the wine was lightly filtered and sulphur corrected before bottling." Just 2400 bottles were produced. Jancis Robinson MW 16/20 and Tom Cannavan 90/100
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:| 1 to 10000: | 23% inc VAT* |
| 10001+: | 19.55% inc VAT* |
| 1 to 10000: | 23% inc VAT* |
| 10001+: | 19.55% inc VAT* |
