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2022 Streicker Protea Farm Block Chenin Blanc

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%

In Stock

Wine Specs

Vintage

2022

Varietal

Chenin Blanc

Vineyard Designation

Ironstone Block

Acid

6.81g/L

3.09

Aging

Up to 8 years, however we enjoy it for freshness now.

Residual Sugar

0.84g/L

Alcohol %

12.1

Wine Profile

Tasting Notes

A medium weight and textural Chenin Blanc, grown on the Ironstone vineyard. The aromas are of almond, lemon curd and spiced pears. The palate starts with a soft entry of stone fruit and eastern spices then builds to a fresh, viscous mouthfeel laced with hints of creamy French oak, quince and meringue. The finish is complex and lingering, with tones of apricot blossom and wheat husks.

Vineyard Notes

Ironstone vineyard

Production Notes

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 less with gentle battonage for 7 months before blending and bottling.

Other Notes

The nature of the 2016 to 2017 vintage is reminiscent of the 2009 growing season, because the amount of accumulated warmth up until early new year was remarkably similar. January temperatures were similar to historical data for the area, in contrast, February and March were a fraction cooler. Those who risked all by waiting for the Indian Summer, were rewarded with tannin ripeness and the retention of the most beautiful fruit perfumes at relatively low sugar levels. The 2017 vintage highlighted the importance of best practice vineyard management, focusing on the basics of open and well solarised canopies, with balanced crop loads, so that the fruit could ripen at a reasonable pace.