L'Avenir - Provenance Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch - 2019 (750ml)

Wine Composition

100% Single Block Chenin Blanc

Winemakers Comments

The L’Avenir Provenance Chenin Blanc has precise and intense fruit aromas of white peach and melon, accented by subtle notes of honey and toasted almonds. 

The palate is medium-bodied, with delicate fruit, crisp acidity and subtle spice. Complex, elegant and layered, with notes of pineapple, white peach, apricot kernels and and a touch of raw honey. 

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

13.5%

TA

6.0 g/l

RS

2.8 g/l

Vintage 

Grapes were harvested by hand at ripeness. Each vineyards was individually vinified. Skin contact was limited to five hours. Fermentation took place in stainless steel at 12-14˚C. The selection of vineyards on the cooler sites of L'Avenir Estate. Older vineyards of more than 40 years contribute to the depth of this wine. Young bushvine plantings have recently established to provide a distinct blending component for future vintages.

Winery

Grapes were harvested by hand at optimal ripeness. Each vineyard was individually vinified. Skin contact was limited to five hours. Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at 12-14°C. Half of the blending components were matured in stainless steel tanks on healthy fine lees, with regular lees stirring. The other half was matured in first to fourth fill French oak barrels, for nine months. 

Winemaker

Name - Dirk Coetzee

Winery

L'Avenir estate was founded by Mauritian-born, Marc Wiehe, in 1992; prior to which the land had been under vine since the days of Simon van der Stel. L'Avenir swiftly rose to icon status - the 1997 L'Avenir Chenin Blanc was ranked best in the country at that year's Chenin Blanc Challenge& by 2004, no Pinotage had been named as frequently as L'Avenir among the top ten in the annual Top Ten Pinotage Competition.

After being acquired by Chablis-based Laroche & following a merger between Laroche & the Jeanjean family, L’Avenir now forms a part of AdVini - a family-owned wine producer with a focus on France & a footprint in Africa in the form of L’Avenir.

Despite L’Avenir Estate only having been established in 1992, our soils have been under vine since the beginning of the Stellenbosch wine region. The majority of our vineyards have reached full maturity, resulting in naturally limited yields of the highest quality grapes.