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Lourens Family Wines Skuinskap Steen 2022
South AfricaFranco Lourens is one of South Africa’s top young winemakers, releasing wines of precision and brilliance. Franco gained experience working for the likes of David Ramey in California and Vasse Felix in Australia before returning to SA, where he took up the role of assistant winemaker for the prodigious Chris Alheit of Alheit Vineyards, one of the most influential and talented winemakers of the Cape in the last decade. This old vine Chenin Blanc (aka Steen) was planted in 1977 in Piekenierskloof, on decomposed sandstones at 750m. The Sandell family farms the vineyard, and Franco Lourens wanted to tell a story of a specific site, soil, and farmer with this striking wine. This is lightning on the palate, with buzzy lemon peel, crystalline citrus, green apple, and wet stones, finishing with lingering flake salts. Super special, tasting beauty now, but will age magnificently.Tasted: 11 September 2024Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| ON | $70.00 | 750ml | consignment |
Grape: Chenin Blanc
