Arum Fields Chenin Blanc 2020
Darling Cellars
Darling South Africa

Style: White wine – Medium bodied, fruity and fresh

Tasting Note: Delicious sub-tropical fruit aromas, peach, quince and pear, the palate is well balanced, elegant, fresh and crisp, with lots of fruit flavour leading to a good long juicy finish. Good value.

Vintage: 2020

Grape: Chenin Blanc

Food Pairing: Great with seafood and poultry.

Producer: Darling Cellars.    Winemaker: Pieter-Niel Rossouw & Reon Richter

Some of Darling Cellars’ vineyards enjoy the coolness of the Darling Hills, just three miles from the roaring Atlantic on the west coast of South Africa, while others bask in sun in the flatter hinterland. Their lucky winemaking team thus has abundance of flavour profiles to play with, not to mention a funky mix of varieties. Darling is best known for Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc as well as old vine Chenin Blanc and Pinotage, but their winemakers actually have fifteen red varieties and nine white varieties at their disposal. Their luck continues: 96% of the vineyards are un-irrigated bush vines so yields are very low and the quality proportionately high.

Investment continues in the winery and cellar with some of the most modern and up-to-date winemaking equipment in the industry today. A modern bottling line, new presses, a barrel maturation cellar, a new grape off-loading system and continuing replanting of vineyards, to include noble cultivars, all contribute to Darling Cellars’ advances in contemporary winemaking.

Region: Darling

Country: South Africa

Bottle Size: 75cl

ABV: 12.8%

Oak: No

Organic: No

Biodynamic: No

Vegan Friendly: Yes

Vegetarian Friendly: Yes

Residual sugar: 3.2 g/l

Press/Review: To follow shortly

Serving Temperature: 9˚C-10˚C