Alheit Vineyards Huilkrans Chenin 2022

“Overall white wine of the year’ – Tim Atkin Annual Report

“This is a triumph over the elements by a world-class winemaker, with the density and understated power of a Corton-Charlemagne. Complex, layered and deep, it has leesy intensity, garrigue, citrus, yellow apple and rooibos flavours and a long, tapering finish”. – 99 points Tim Atkin

Huilkrans is made from old dry farmed Chenin parcels planted between 1974 and 1989 on a gentle southern slope at 450 m above sea level. There is something very special about this place in the mountains – isolation, old vines, low rainfall, deep red sand over red clay. These big bushvines are wide planted (low density vineyards) with yields usually in the region of 1.5 ton/Ha. In 2022, we had a great yield, over 3 tons per Ha. We’re very happy to be able to bottle Huilkrans again after a two-year hiatus. Huilkrans is a single origin Chenin Blanc wine. It has gained a very strong following amongst Chenin lovers and is considered by critics to be approximately equal to Magnetic North in quality.

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