Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

‘Quite dusty and restrained, intense, concentrated textural balance with superb depth. Fresh and piquant, powerful yet regal showing elegance with fleshy concentration, pineapple pastille nuances and a structured acid frame. Very impressive indeed. Everything and more you could hope for from one of South Africa’s Grand Crus of Chenin Blanc.’ – Greg Sherwood MW, 97+/100 (Jun 2019)

‘Bone dry with a chalky texture. Quite racy. This opened out in the glass. Lots of grip and undertow. Savoury wine – very different from a simple sweet expression.’ – Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Aug 2018)

‘Off 50 year old bushvines with unusually tall shoots, hence ‘High Chenin’, this typically richer than single-vineyard sibling. 2015 as refined as 2014 (96 pts), similar restrained pear & wet wool aromas, intense bruised apple flavours with harmonious length, extraordinary presence.’ - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2017, 5*

'Complex, leesy and subtle with real style. Classic spicy oak lingers deliciously, giving lovely focus and balance to a splendid frame. Wax and pear on a long, tapering finish. Swartland at its best.' - Tim Atkin MW, Decanter.com, 98/100

'An alluring, earthy, waxy note: a definite terroir-driven feel to the wine. Aromas and flavours leap out of the glass with pinpoint detail, with tart apple freshness and great length. Very classy.’ – Greg Sherwood MW, Decanter.com, 98/100

‘The 2015 Hoe-Steen Chenin Blanc is a single-vineyard bottling from 48-year-old vines. It has a perfumed bouquet with yellow flowers, hazelnut and light touches of apricot blossom. The palate is very well balanced with very attractive stone fruit notes, a touch of sour lemon and lemongrass, leading to a tightly wound finish with very good salinity.’ – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 91/100 (Apr 2017)