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VIDEO CONTENTS INDEX:

00:00 – WHAT IS A KLIPSPRINGER?

xx:xx – The incredible metamorphasis of Chenin Blanc

xx:xx – South Africa’s unique Chenin Blanc clones

xx:xx – What does the Klipspringer Taste like?

xx:xx – Winemaking specifics?

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Wine Adventurers from the Calitzdorp Massive
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Fledge & Co are the delightfully adventurous winemaking husband and wife team of Margaux Nel (current BoPlaas winemaker) and her husband Leon Coetzee. Their Klipspringer Chenin Blanc may seem like a simple wine on paper, the layers of both sensory and intellectual complexity are enough to ponder for hours. And while the couple themselves are based in Calitzdorp, and not the Swartland, this wine carries the spirit of Swartland in a most comprehensive way. I’ve included my tasting notes below, but don’t take my word for it. Be sure to sip this at leisure, and then tell me if you agree.

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TASTING NOTES:

👃🏼 Vanguard carries green olive brine, apricot, tinned peaches, ripe oranges, with subtle complications of fynbos and crushed gravel.
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👄 Palate is impressively full, with a delightful contrast of pronounced sweet peach set against a rich saline element, tarter apricots, with ripe orange sweetness and a tart grapefruit bitter snap on the tail. Delightfully complex.
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🔬Wine of origin Swartland. All old vine fruit harvested by hand, taken from two separate vineyards. One block was planted in 1975 on the schist soils of the Kasteelberg. The other is made up of low-yielding bush vines planted a year later on top of the Paardeberg mountains. 💰