Badenhorst Family Wines: Grensloos Chenin Blanc 2024

Badenhorst Family Wines: Grensloos Chenin Blanc 2024

Chenin Blanc 100%
hvid, tør
13,5% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2026–2039
eksotisk & aromatisk
fuld & rund
mineral
Lobenberg: 95/100
Parker: 94/100
Tim Atkin: 94,/100
Suckling: 94/100
Sydafrika, Swartland
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Grensloos Chenin Blanc 2024

95
/100

Grensloos-vinmarken er en "Certified Heritage Vineyard", og disse vinstokke blev plantet før 1978. Disse benede buske producerer superkoncentrerede druer, som skal forarbejdes og høstes i hånden i en tidskrævende proces. Hos Badenhorst forarbejdes alle druer som hele klaser. Det betyder, at de hverken knuses eller afstilkes. Saften gæres derefter med vildgær fra vinmarkerne og modnes i en blanding af brugte træfade og betontanke. Vinen har en ungdommelig, lys citrongul farve med et strejf af grønt i glasset. Næsen er ret delikat, gulfrugtet og citrusagtig med aromaer af saftig, duftende Williams-pære samt den krydrede grønne note af pæreskind, Gravenstein-æbler og appelsinsaft med veldoseret bivoks, hvid honning og en attraktiv antydning af flødekaramel. Efterhånden tilføjes krydrede smagsnuancer fra lagringen på bundfaldet og en sparsom granitlignende stenethed. I munden skaber de intenst salte og stenede smagsnuancer en spændingsbue over den flerlagede, strukturerede, subtilt kornede fornemmelse. Modne abrikoser leger med den gode syre fra modne kvæder på tungen. Dette efterfølges af hvid peber, muskatnød og prikkende szechuanpeber. Denne vin er bestemt en fornøjelse at drikke til en lang række retter og har, hvad der skal til for at skære igennem cremede teksturer.

94
/100

Parker om: Grensloos Chenin Blanc

"The A. A. Badenhorst Family Wines 2024 Swartland Chenin Blanc Grensloos is a new addition to the portfolio and sourced from seven vineyards situated along the watershed between Cape Town and the Atlantic Ocean, with vines planted between 1960 and 1978. A small inclusion of Palomino and Clairette Blanche, around 5% to 8%, adds a nutty nuance to a pithy core of Chenin Blanc. Adi Badenhorst describes the difficult process of harvesting low-yielding old vines: ""We send a search crew, not a harvest crew, to find grapes."" All vineyards are formally registered with detailed certification, including farm numbers, rootstocks and irrigation records, ensuring full traceability as Certified Heritage Vineyards. *** Each site is harvested and processed separately, using whole-bunch pressing, then fermented in 400-liter barrels and concrete tanks. The components are kept in twice- or third-filled barrels before the final blend is assembled in concrete. The resulting wine is saline and richly textured with beautiful depth and layered concentration. Swartland’s dry climate, decomposed granite soils and cooling Atlantic influence contribute to the wine’s striking balance of ripeness and maritime freshness."

94,
/100

Tim Atkin om: Grensloos Chenin Blanc

Grensloos uses grapes from seven different single parcels, several of which used to be bottled on their own before Adi Badenhorst pruned back his line-up of Chenin Blancs. Released for the second time in 2024, it's what he calls "the cream of the crop", with refreshing, granite-derived intensity, layers of pear, beeswax, green apple and stone fruit, and a tangy, saline finish.

94
/100

Suckling om: Grensloos Chenin Blanc

This cool and complex white shows sliced pineapple, lemons, apples, juniper berries and yellow nectarines with a touch of wild herbs on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with bright acidity and a delicious, salty, yellow fruit character. A blend based on chenin blanc. Drink or hold.

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Badenhorst

Adi Badenhorst er en naturkraft i sydafrikansk vindyrkning og en af de første "oprørere", der sammen med Eben Sadie og andre ikoner inden for vinfremstilling udløste Swartland Wine Revolution!

Grensloos Chenin Blanc 2024