Schultz Family Wines Skeleton Bay Chenin Blanc 2018

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Schultz Family Wines Skeleton Bay Chenin Blanc 2018

ABV 12%
Total production: 5 100 bottles
W.O: Western Cape
Price: R120

Schultz Family Wines is the own label of Rudi Schultz, who is the winemaker at Thelema in Stellenbosch. Two parcels, a 43-year-old vineyard in Somerset West and a 58-year-old vineyard in Paarl, were whole-bunch pressed and naturally fermented in old barrels and aged on the primary lees for 9 months. It’s a wine full of detail. White blossom, white pear, peach lemongrass and herbaceous scrub on the nose, expanding into a waxy, mineral palate. Nicely textured, it still manages to finish bone dry. Haunting in the best possible way.

P.S: The labels of the range, depicting Rudi’s favourite surf spots, won gold at the Wine Label Design Awards 2019