Muratie - 'Lauren's Campher' White Blend, Stellenbosch - 2019 (750ml)

Wine Composition

54% Chenin Blanc, 30% Sauvignon Blanc, 12% Verdehlo & 4% Viognier

Winemakers Comments

For all its freshness, elegance and focus, the wine’s flavors are complex and intense, ranging from bright lemon, fresh pineapple and juicy nectarine to more concentrated lime marmalade as well as caramel and cream (from barrel fermentation and 11 months of maturation in mostly older French oak). The initial impression is floral (heady honeysuckle) but the finish is spicy (there’s even a pinch of white pepper), with great persistence promising enjoyment over at least five years.

Awards

Tim Atkin | 93 points

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

13.57%

TA

5.2 g/l 

pH

3.49   

RS

2.3 g/l

Cellar Techniques

This wine is made from meticulously sourced grapes from different sites and slopes. Vineyards vary in age from 10 – 15 years old. The Chenin Blanc is from an old north facing bush vine block with low yields and good fruit purity. 20% of the wine was fermented in first fill barrels and the rest was second and third fill 500 litre French Oak barrels for a period of 11 months in total.

Winemaker

Name - Hattingh de Villiers

Winery

Tucked into the exquisite Knorhoek Valley north of Stellenbosch, Muratie Wine Estate, one of the oldest estates in South Africa, under the stewardship of Rijk Melck and his family, has been at the heart of a lot of passionate debate. This debate is centred largely around the desire to protect a century’s old wine experience that is a magnet for wine lovers around the world.

Muratie's rich history is captured in every nook and cranny. Wherever you are on the estate you cannot help being moved by a sense of the many generations that have lived and worked there. The buildings, the artefacts and even the shrubs and trees exude an aura of the colourful past reaching towards an even more fruitful future. 

Standing in front of the cellar door at Muratie, you will see a small white building, this was the first home that Lourens Campher built for his family. Beside the house is the oak tree his wife, Ansela van de Caab, planted. The strength and beauty of the tree is a testament to the steadfast love Lourens had for his Ansela.