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ChATEAU LIBERTAS 1982
Cases: 1 (6 x 750ml)
Reserve price per case: R 1,200
Deep core colour with a wide brick rim.
Ripe strawberries dominate the nose of this
wine with some sweet tobacco notes. Great
depth of fruit in the mouth with layers of
flavour, including strawberries and some hints
of cherries. It has a fine texture with just a
suggestion of well-developed oak, and a silky,
leathery flow across the palate. Impressive
and elegant mouth-feel, well-structured, with
firm tannins and a lively aftertaste. Lots of
development still to come.
ITEM 66
ChATEAU LIBERTAS 1984
Cases: 1 (6 x 750ml)
Reserve price per case: R 1,000
Too rare to taste.
Chenin Blanc Association
It’s a little known fact, but a fact all the
same, that South African Chenin Blanc
wines are among the world’s finest. It’s
also a fact that there is a group of visionary
South African wine producers who are
not only fast spreading the word, but
also continually providing hard evidence
by producing Chenin Blanc wines of
increasingly remarkable quality.
They’re giving this noble variety royal
treatment in the vineyard and cellar, and
it’s responding as nobility should – with
grand personality, regal flavours and stately
versatility.
The association has an aim that is simply
expressed – to ensure that South African
Chenin Blanc takes its rightful place
with the other great white wines of
the world. This requires clear strategic
thinking, innovative marketing, an intensive
education programme for winemakers and
consumers, and rigorous handling of the
variety in the vineyard and in the cellar.
The members of the CBA have set their
sights high. But the prodigious passion
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and respect that exist in South Africa for
this variety make it certain that the goal
will be achieved.
Chenin Blanc in South Africa has extensive
depth in terms of vineyards, terroir diversity
and winemaking expertise. The grape’s
exceptional versatility and the excellent
selection of fruit available, due to the Cape
Winelands’ wide terroir, provide for great
variety of style. Winemaking techniques
depend on the style of wine desired. yet,
one fact is unassailable: the most intensely
flavoured Chenin Blanc wines come from
older vines that have been carefully
managed for balanced yields.
Ken Forrester, Chairman of the Chenin
Blanc Association, comments: “We are
pleased to be part of the Nederburg
Auction for the first time and offer a very
special selection of six Platter-rated fivestar
wines. We honestly believe Chenin
Blanc is a fantastic driver, probably the
most effective for our industry.”
www.chenin.co.za
Twitter: @CheninBlancAsso