Cape Heritage, Sweets & Fortifieds
Timed Online Auction, 5 - 17 June 2025
Cape Heritage - White Wines
About the SessionChenin Blanc is known for its versatility and can produce a wide range of wine styles, especially considering South Africa has the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in the world.
About this Item
The name means The Footpath in Dutch, and comes from the name of Dirk Brand's wheat and rooibos tea farm, where the rustic block of old vines is tucked away. This is surely the most isolated old vineyard in the country, presumably originally planted to supply the farmer and his neighbours.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
'The 2013 Old Vine Series T Voetpad is a blend of Semillon Blanc, Semillon Gris, Palomino, Chenin Blanc and Muscat d'Alexandrie. It has a beeswax and jasmine-scented bouquet that is very well defined, but will require bottle age to develop vigor. The palate is rounded and sensual on the entry, with Mirin, orange zest, mandarin, white pepper, rosemary and lavender notes. Long and persistent in the mouth, this is one of Eben's best Old Vine Series release this year. Profound.' - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 95/100 (Oct 2014)
'Tasted blind. Greenish straw. Herbal and understated. Comes billowing up aromatically. Much wilder than most of these wines but with a great panoply of feral, often floral, aromas. Bright and tense on the palate with the promise of long development ahead. The Chenin is discernible along with some mildly bitter herbs. A great tensile blend without any flab. No simple sweet grapiness as a result of the Muscat of Alexandria. Builds on the finish. Marked acidity and energy. Could only be South African! ' - Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, 18/20 (Sep 2015)
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