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Paulus Wine Co.

2023

‘Bosberaad’

Chenin Blanc   |   Swartland - South Africa
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About

Paul Jordaan had plenty of experience with Chenin Blanc and the Swartland working alongside Eben Sadie as the winemaker. Paul met his winemaking business partner Pauline Roux in 2016 while she was working with Adi Badenhorst on the Paardeberg. After realizing they shared the same winemaking vision, in 2018 they started a brand together called Paulus Wine Co. The duo’s first wine ‘Bosberaad’ loosely translates to a ‘gathering in nature’, and in this case a literal one. The aim is to produce a wine in partnership with nature, finding and maintaining that natural balance between all the controllable and uncontrollable, visible and invisible elements involved. Searching for the ‘right’ vineyard to launch was actually quite easy as Paul lives adjacent to the in-demand Schreiber’s ‘Waterval Farm’ in the Siebritskloof Valley of the Paardeberg. The organically farmed, bush vines were planted in 1980 on pure granite with granitic sand overlaid at 700 feet in elevation on an east facing ridge, limiting potent sunshine. Despite the challenges of 2023 (a warm, dry winter and some disease pressure) this wine still brings its signature sensory wow-factor.

The fruit was handpicked and whole-bunch pressed directly to old French barrels and one concrete egg where the juice fermented and naturally settled. The wine was kept on the lees and malolactic fermentation occurred naturally. After about 12 months of aging the wine was racked and bottled without fining or filtration and a small hit of sulfur dioxide.

 

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard: Waterval Farm (Paardeberg): Kweperfontein & Waterkelp Blocks – farmed by Franziska Wickens
  • Vine Age: 44-years-old
  • Soil Type: Decomposed granitic sand atop rocky granite outcrops
  • Viticulture: Practicing Organic - dry-farmed
  • Fermentation: Native – whole-bunch pressed into oak barrels and a concrete egg
  • Skin Contact: None, but long pressing
  • Aging: 12 months on the lees in fermentation vessels
  • Alcohol: 13.5%
  • pH: 3.22
  • Total Acidity: 6.4 g/L
  • Total SO2: 80 ppm
  • Total Production: 500 cases
  • UPC: 781718118378

Tasting Note

The nose presents a captivating mix of white fruits, papaya, and delicate hints of white flowers, while the palate showcases lemon zest, quince, orange blossoms, and honeycomb. A distinctive flintiness flows seamlessly from the nose to the palate, unifying all the elements beautifully. A slight hint of reduction subtly enhances and elevates the wine’s freshness.

Press & Reviews

Tim Atkin, MW

93

"Paul Jordaan, until recently the winemaker at Sadie Family Vineyards, sources this impressive Chenin Blanc from the Paardeberg. The old vine concentration is complemented by notes of fresh bread and lanolin, stony intensity and flavours of pear, yellow apple and lemongrass."

- Tim Atkin, MW

James Suckling

93

"A creamy and delicious chenin blanc that bursts with yellow-apple, papaya, mango and hazelnut aromas. It’s full-bodied with lovely pithy and saline undertones supporting the yellow fruit. From vines planted in 1980 in the Paardeberg. Unfiltered. Drink now or hold."

- James Suckling
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Producer


Paulus Wine Co.

Region


Swartland

Country


South Africa

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