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Rare beauty from the Karoo winelands: Le Sueur Chenin Blanc

05/2024 Mike Froud Leave a comment

KLEIN KAROO Chenin Blanc of note, from one of the ambassadors for the region Louis Le Sueur van der Riet. Small batch, hand crafted, very limited quantity and one of the Top 3 in Winemag’s 2024 Prescient Report for which 75 expressions of the variety from various parts of the Cape winelands were reviewed. 95 points and selling for less than

2024
SA Wine Ratings
Winemag.co.za

2016 Cape Port from De Krans one of, if not THE best of the vintage

11/2018 Mike Froud Leave a comment

5 STARS in Platter’s Guide, Platinum at the Michelangelo Awards, one of the Top 10 in the Cape Port Challenge, Gold at the Veritas Awards, and still so young. From Calitzdorp, South Africa’s Port Capital in the Klein Karoo comes the 2016 vintage of De Krans Cape Vintage Reserve, a wine with Hall of Fame credentials for as long as we can

2018
Calitzdorp
Cape Port Challenge
Michelangelo International Wine Awards
Platter's South African Wine Guide
SA Wine Ratings
Veritas Awards
Wine Routes
Wineland Restaurants