Streicker Protea Farm Chenin Blanc 2022

Blend

100% Chenin Blanc

Vineyard

Protea Farm Block, Yallingup

Winemaking Note

The fruit is harvested at the coldest part of the day, cold crushed to press and skin contacted for 6 hours before gentle pressing. The juice is cold settled and racked to old French oak barriques for fermentation. When fermentation was complete, the wine was then aged on it’s lees with gentle battonage for 7 months before blending and bottling.

Vintage Conditions

A warm and dry growing season with timeous top ups of rain has led to whites of unprecedented purity balanced with formidable power, and reds boasting intense red and blue fruits with striking yet supple tannin and structure.

Aroma

Peaches, freshly whipped cream and shaved almonds.

Palate

A rich entry of ripe stone fruits, lemon curd and grape fruit. Coating natural acidity is laced with tones of apricots, brioche and meringue, culminating in a persistent finish of citrus blossoms and puckering minerality.  

Cellaring

Enjoyed for its freshness now or cellar for up to 8 years for further complexity.

Alcohol

12.5%