ALEXANDERFONTEIN CHENIN BLANC 2010
Prepare dainty salad-kebabs with a few simple ingredients to serve as a snack. Use ingredients like cucumber, peaches or nectarines and mini mozzarella balls or a mild white cheddar. The same ingredients could also be used to toss together a refreshing salad as part of a meal with roasted fish or chicken and a glass of Alexanderfontein Chenin Blanc. This wine is enjoyable with almost any meal and ideal for summer – so definitely remember to pack it for a picnic or serve it around the pool. Alternatively prepare a refreshing pasta salad with chicken, nectarines, cucumber, cheese and olive oil.
Recipe: Salad-kebabs: Skewer cubes of white Cheddar onto kebab sticks or tear mini mozzarella balls (bocconcini) in half and alternate with nectarine wedges. Half a large cucumber and using a potato-peeler cut long thin ribbons. Zig-zag thread cucumber with a small rocket leave onto sticks and finish kebabs with a drizzle of quality olive oil and a grind of black pepper before serving it as a late summer’s afternoon snack with a glass of ice cold Alexanderfontein Chenin Blanc.
Prepare dainty salad-kebabs with a few simple ingredients to serve as a snack. Use ingredients like cucumber, peaches or nectarines and mini mozzarella balls or a mild white cheddar. The same ingredients could also be used to toss together a refreshing salad as part of a meal with roasted fish or chicken and a glass of Alexanderfontein Chenin Blanc. This wine is enjoyable with almost any meal and ideal for summer – so definitely remember to pack it for a picnic or serve it around the pool. Alternatively prepare a refreshing pasta salad with chicken, nectarines, cucumber, cheese and olive oil.
Recipe: Salad-kebabs: Skewer cubes of white Cheddar onto kebab sticks or tear mini mozzarella balls (bocconcini) in half and alternate with nectarine wedges. Half a large cucumber and using a potato-peeler cut long thin ribbons. Zig-zag thread cucumber with a small rocket leave onto sticks and finish kebabs with a drizzle of quality olive oil and a grind of black pepper before serving it as a late summer’s afternoon snack with a glass of ice cold Alexanderfontein Chenin Blanc.
Chenin Blanc is synonymous with the South African wine industry. Although the cultivar does not have the image of Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc a lot of old plantings do exist. Luckily for us we planted them on ideal terroir; cool climate with high altitude and in close proximity to the sea.
DESCRIPTION: This is a generous wine replete with fruit aromas, with guava being prominent. Smooth and well balanced with a long and rewarding aftertaste.
STYLE: Dry White Wine.
GRAPE VARIETIES: 100% Chenin Blanc
VINIFICATION: Handpicked at 22.5°B the grapes had plenty of natural acidity in the juice and were also showing strong varietal character. After slow cold fermentation, the wine was racked off the lees immediately to ensure freshness in the wine and on the palate.
ANALYSIS: ALC: 12.92%; TA: 6.0g/l; RS: 1.8; PH: 3.30
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