Raka Chenin Blanc 2013

John Platter Wine Guide 2015 - 3½ Stars
John Platter Wine Guide 2013 - 3½ Stars

Appearance: Lime green colour.
Bouquet and Palate: A fresh slightly oaked wine with apple pie and light vanilla flavours. Mouthfilling, rounded, with bee’s wax and cider on the palate and good zesty finish.

100% Chenin Blanc

Wine-growing Area: Coastal area

All grapes were hand picked.

All grapes were hand picked and sorted before being crushed directly in to the press were skin contact was allowed for 8 hours. Inocculated with oure yeast cultures after pressing the juice fermented at 16 degrees celcuis. 30% of the wine was barrel fermented. Extended lees contact was allowed after fermentation and the wine was allowed to naturally clarify under gravity prior to filtering, blending and bottling.