Secateurs Swartland Chenin Blanc

Best $12 wine ever?

This is a beautiful wine for autumn and scores points in structure and flavor. Aromas of homemade golden apple pie. Some good vanilla and a slight dash of spice. I get some honeysuckle and other floral notes too. Wonderful dry minerality, but medium bodied and rich.

wax, honeycomb, under ripe pineapple right off the bat on the nose. I am intrigued. light to medium weight, ripe white peach. citrus and melon. Hinting at tangerine. Honey. cantaloupe rind. Very complex on flavor. overall soft in texture and acid. It’s not snappy but it’s far from slack. I’m sure this will develop.

Always on point. And a great buy.

AA Badenhorst Family Wines are grown & made on Kalmoesfontein farm in the Swartland appellation of South Africa. Blended with a touch of Palomino and a bit from a secret grape. Aromas of citrus fruits and honey notes. On the palate stone & green fruit flavors with orange citrus notes. Lively, crisp acidity ending with mineral notes. Nice value.

Body of a Chardonnay, dry, lush, lemon, petrol, spun sugar. Definitely different than most chenin blancs I’ve had. Pleasing for how simple it is.

Delicious wine. Hazelnuts, almonds, honeycomb, and nectarines.

Good wine by the pool… with enough tropical fruits and acidity to pierce thru the chlorine and sun tan lotion!

Pear, pineapple, citrus, honeycomb, cooked sugar, mildly floral, creamy texture. Great value.

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