Coming from a vineyard originally planted in 1984, the 2022 Rondevlei Chenin Blanc is expressive, fresh and complex, with fantastic concentration and impeccable weight and depth. Medium-bodied, the Chenin Blanc offers a delightfully spicy mineral essence across the mid-palate with notions of spiced lemon rind and yellow apple skin before ending with a balanced finish. It's a fantastic wine with more than a decade of life left. Enjoy with food.

From a Chenin vineyard that was planted in 1984 – this is the second vintage of this single-vineyard release. Certified Heritage Vineyards (CHV) part of the Old Vine Project. The vineyard is in an arid plain west of Malmesbury on weatehred iron and sand soils and is the only double-row vineyard that they work with. Fruit was picked in four tries from the end of January to the second week of February, and all four lots were vinified separately. One third of the wine was fermented and aged in a concrete egg, the rest of the wine was fermented and aged in barrel before blending at the end of the year. RS 1.8 g/l, pH 3.52, TA 5.8 g/l. 1,859 bottles produced. Silky nose, starchy texture, staccato acidity to start and then it fills the mouth with oranges and fennel and a kind of edgy glory. Cumin and mouth-wateringly saline finish. Insistent length. (TC)

Full bottle 1,324 g. From a vineyard planted in 1984 (the same year that both David and Nadia were born). It is the second vintage that they have released as a single-vineyard wine, from an arid plain to the west of Malmesbury. It is the only double-row vineyard that they work with. This vineyard was harvested on four picking dates from the end of January to the second week of February, and all four lots were kept separate. One-third of the wine was fermented and aged in a concrete egg, the rest of the wine was fermented and matured in barrel before blending at the end of the year. The wine qualifies for the Certified Heritage Vineyards (CHV) seal and forms part of the Old Vine Project (OVP). Total production 1,859 bottles. Deep greenish gold. Attractive pungent smokiness on the nose and then svelte fruit. Mouth-filling and much more forward than Plat'bos, for instance. Already a charming, very pure drink with or without food. (JR)