2020 Cat's Cradle Chenin Blanc, Thorne & Daughters, Swartland

The Cat’s Cradle Chenin Blanc comes from a forty year old Chenin Blanc vineyard farmed by the Roussouw family on the decomposed granite of the Paadeberg. It’s a taut, textured Chenin, that’s more about subtlety than upfront fruit. Notes of quince jelly, greengage, and plenty of saline minerality create a wine of complexity, and no doubt of longevity. Give this a few years in the cellar.