Tempel Wines Coastal Region

'Kattemaai' Chenin Blanc, 2022

750ml
In stock: 19 bottles
$38
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Varietal Composition: Chenin Blanc (93%), Semillon (7%)
RS: 1.7 g/l
Cellaring Potential: 3 - 5 years
ABV: 12.50%

Description

The Kattemaai Chenin Blanc reveals an inviting nose with top notes of hay and fynbos, layered with fresh aromas of pear, peach, and citrus. On the palate, it offers a vibrant and pure expression, with lively fruit flavors and a refreshing saline finish.

Elegant and precise, the wine showcases beautiful balance, driven by its crisp acidity and clean, focused character. Perfect for pairing with light seafood dishes or summer salads, this coastal Chenin Blanc delivers both freshness and sophistication.
Certified Old Vines Chenin Blanc. Spontaneously fermented and matured for 9 months in older French oak barrels and foudre. They ferment all their wines wild. Their red wines are fermented in old open concrete tanks with manual punchdowns and matured in concrete eggs, French oak foudres and barrels.

They work mainly with Mediterranean varietals, (old) bush vines and besides their own grapes, they also source grapes from Wellington, Swartland and Stellenbosch.

Winemaker: Neil Marais
Tempel Wines is home to high-quality, hand-crafted wines. Their philosophy is to let the grapes do the talking – they create modern wines that reflect the character and soul of the region. As 80% of their wines are made on the field, they take great care to select only the best cultivars and rootstocks given the climatological circumstances and different soils at their vineyards. They try and keep farming as natural as possible to maintain the best quality in the end products.

* Prior vintage described.

Flavor Profiles

fynbos

Fynbos

pears

Pears

peaches

Peaches

citrus

Citrus

In the cellar

About the Winery

Location

Coastal Region, South Africa

Coastal Region, South Africa

Stretching from Darling in the North to Cape Point in the South, South Africa's Coastal Region is a wine of origin destination that forms the heart of the South African wine industry. Accounting for nearly half of the area under vine in South Africa, Coastal Region wines tend to be blended with fruit from more than one of the sub-regions in the coastal areas of the Cape Winelands. Buy Coastal Region wines online and explore the unique flavors of South African coastal wines.