Botanica Mary Delany Chenin Blanc 2023
By Christian Eedes, 27 March 2025
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The Mary Delany Chenin Blanc by Ginny Povall hails from Skurfberg (Citrusdal Mountain), other celebrated examples of the variety from this site being Huilkrans and Magnetic North from Alheit, as well as the eponymous bottling from Sadie.
Povall’s 2023 vintage, which spent nine months in older oak, is a wine of quiet complexity and no mean structure. Muted yet intriguing aromas of baked pear, peach, cut apple, earth, and subtle yeasty nuances unfold in the glass. The palate is dense with fruit, its richness balanced by moderate acidity. Broad and textured, it finishes with a gently savoury edge. Substantial, almost monumental. Alc: 13.8%.
CE’s score: 94/100.
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Garth | 27 March 2025
I had the pleasure of opening a bottle of this wine from the 2017 vintage recently. It was immense, displaying many of the same flavour characteristics described above, delivered most elegantly in the glass. A wine of superb pedigree.