2025 Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin Blanc [JS90] Mencia and Macabeu

and Macabeu

old oak foudres for about 9 months before bottling

A kick of bright acids on the finish keeps things vibrant

Chardonnay planted on chalk increasingly plays a leading role in this bottling

Finish: "Satisfyingly long

2025 Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin Blanc [JS90] Mencia and MacabeuProducer: A. A. Badenhorst Family Wines Region: Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Varietal: Chenin Blanc Year: 2025 James Suckling, 90 Points "An inviting nose of peaches, sliced pears and dried orange peel. Medium bodied with delightful texture. Bright and rounded with an expressive core of stone fruit." Winemaker Notes: "The 2022 spent time on its lees in concrete tanks and old casks this is an important part of the maturation and gives