Hereafter Here 2022 £29.99 - these are from three relatively new blocks that are still not quite old enough to go into Cartology. The youthful fruit is delicious now and it’s a cracking example of South African Chenin Blanc.
Cartology 2022 - £37.99 – The first wine they produced and arguably their flagship wine! Its made from old vines from around the Cape, always older than 35 but probably much older. The 2022 is a blend of Chenin 92% and 8% Sémillon. The Sémillon comes from the very famous old La Colline block in Franschhoek planted back in 1936. Drinking well from the outset but would gain breadth with a few more years cellaring.
Hemlrand Vine Garden 2022 £36.99 – Hemelrand vineyard is situated on the cold and windy Hemel & Aarde Ridge at 360 meters above sea level. Its made from 31% Chardonnay, 29% Roussanne, 20% Chenin, 18% Verdelho, 2% Muscat and typifies an old fashioned field blend. Aromatic and such a pretty wine.
Nautical Dawn 2019 - £44.99 - Nautical Dawn is a single vineyard wine overlooking the False Bay coast in Stellenbosch. Its pretty extreme, so cooling winds but the granite soil warms up quickly meaning this is still an early vineyard to pick.
Fire by Night 2022 £49.99 - Fire by Night is a single vineyard Chenin Blanc wine grown on a property called Nuwedam which is owned by Alheit Vineyards in the Swartland (Paardeberg). The vineyard was planted between 1972 and 1985 and is a bench mark for all things Swartland.
Huilkrans 2019 £69.99 – A very special single vineyard release from two blocks high on the Skurfberg mountain. Due to extreme drought no wine was made 2020 and 2021 so really awesome to see this 2022! This is now arguably the Alheit Vineyards flagship wine. A little over 600 cases made.
