Tasting Notes
We will be able to deliver from the 8th of June onwards. This is a gorgeous Chenin Blanc made by Alex Milner, owner and winemaker of Natte Valleij. He is famous for stunningly pure Cinsaults from Darling and Stellenbosch, but he started making a Chenin Blanc for his wife a few years ago, when she became fed up with only ever having red wine in the house. They hunted around to find the best grapes for their project and found a Darling vineyard planted in 1985, comprised of dry-farmed, ocean-facing bush vines on decomposed granite. The result is absolutely divine. I loved it! It's superb for the quality. And it's become, unexpectedly, very sought after.
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We've known the lovely Alex Milner of Natte Valleij for many years. He used to come into our office over a decade ago waving his wines around leaving them for us to taste. But much of the work that has gone into these is via the exploration on his bicycle over years, covering thousands of kilometres to find old vineyards. To say he is a keen cyclist is an understatement! The block in Darling is a 165km cycle of pot-holed, dirt road and unforgiving terrain from the farm!