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AA Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin Blanc 2024

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Country
south africa
Region
swartland
Type
White
Producer
BADENHORST
Grape
chenin-blanc, palomino
Vintage
2023

Tasting Notes

"Best value white, South Africa" in Tim Atkin MW's SA report. Why is this wine so special? Why does it win so much rapturous admiration? Because it surprises people with its quality. You just don't expect to find an organic, old-vine Swartland chenin (yields as low as 4 tons/hectare - about the same as much premier and grand cru Burgundy), with this much character, texture and interest, at this price level.  The wines spends time on its lees in concrete tanks and old casks, which gives incredible texture and palate weight to the wine.  Flinty, citrus, pear and white stone fruits that will develop with honey and orange blossom with time.

More Info

We firmly believe that Adi Badenhorst is the most exciting winemaker in South Africa. He is also the most frustrating. His laid back, self-deprecating, playful manner keeps you guessing and makes you wonder whether he has any idea what he is actually doing, whether he just chucks some grapes into a vat and hopes for the best, but we know full well that there is a huge amount of expertise that goes on behind closed doors, when no one is around to witness his skill and diligence ...and spoil his reputation!

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FROM THE PRESS

“People rightly get excited about Adi Badenhorst's single parcel wines, but the man is also a master at producing value-for-money offerings like this Swartland Chenin Blanc from lowyielding vines. 2024-27”
Tim Atkin MW South Africa Special Report 2024
“South Africa Best Value White 2024/25”
Tim Atkin MW South Africa Special Report 2024
“One of their (Swig) traditional strengths is South Africa, and the company has been responsible for raising the profile of many of the stars of the new wave of funky, adventurous winemaking that has emerged in the Cape over the past couple of decades: names such as Adi Badenhorst, maker, among other things, of the consistently superb AA Badenhorst Secateurs White, Swartland 2024 (£17.50), a fabulously complex, rich, weighty mouthful of apply chenin blanc loveliness..”
David Williams, The Guardian, March 2025

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