#364 L’Equinox ‘To Maike’ Chenin Blanc 2023
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What is natural wine?
Natural Wine is notoriously hard to define,
and even the major NATURAL Festival and various wine bodies around the world can’t always agree on the basics of what makes for a “NATURAL WINE”.
Becuase while the truth of the matter is that “WHAT DEFINES NATURAL WINE” is more of a philosophy than a set of rules.
BUT rules do prove useful, when it comes to modern phenomena like Consumer Rights and laws against False Advertising,
There are times where the best substitute for a VIBE.is – sadly a list of rules.
In this video we discuss these rules, expore the reasons why they might be broken, and we introduce a Swartland Natural Wine acolyte, CJ Swart.
In this video we discuss these rules, expore the reasons why they might be broken, and we introduce a Swartland Natural Wine acolyte, CJ Swart.
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TASTING NOTES
👃🏼 The vanguard is delightfully open, with elements of ginger, yellow apple, dried peaches and cinnamon.
👄 The palate has all the sweetness of those yellow apples we detected on the nose, but then there are those grippy tannins that we get from that skin contact, which really gets your attention. Interestingly, even though the acidity feels quite gentle, the wine is still fresh, almost like you’re crunching on that sweet apple fruit.
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Technical Specs
🔬 Wine of Origin Swartland. 100% Chenin Blanc. The grapes were hand-harvested and fermented as whole bunches, being left on the skins for 10 to 12 days.
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