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Steilpad Beyond The Rock, Paarl 2025

White Wine from South Africa - Coastal Region
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Jorrie du Plessis is the fourth generation of his family to live and work on the Steilpad farm in Paarl but the first to start bottling his own wines; previously all of the fruit went to the local cooperative where the focus was on yield. Currently cellarmaster at A. A. Badenhorst, Jorrie manages running the busy, buzzy Kalmoesfontein winery alongside establishing his Steilpad brand – in a feat of juggling reminiscent of what some of the key figures of South Africa’s New Wave were doing 10 to 15 years ago. In this white blend which deliberately leads with colombard, Jorrie is celebrating what he calls ‘a traditional South African grape’ – a variety they’ve been farming for 100 years. The colombard vineyard was planted in 1991 (his birth year) and comprises 60% of the blend, with chenin the remaining 40%, in this fresh, pure and bright white. With aromas of almond blossom, white peach and grapefruit, this is focused and tense on the palate and has a satisfying crunch to the acidity.
Price: £19.50 Bottle (£26.00/litre)
Price: £117.00 Case of 6 (£26.00/litre)
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Code: SA25311

Wine characteristics

  • White Wine
  • 2 - Dry
  • Chenin Blanc
  • 75cl
  • Now to 2029
  • 12.5% Alcohol
  • no oak influence
  • Cork, diam

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A family that formerly sold to the co-ops, this is the second vintage of estate bottled wine, made from Colombard and Chenin Blanc. There’s a delicacy and lightness to this which I liked, somewhere...
A family that formerly sold to the co-ops, this is the second vintage of estate bottled wine, made from Colombard and Chenin Blanc. There’s a delicacy and lightness to this which I liked, somewhere between a Muscadet and an Aligoté, with crisp orchard fruit but subtle, impressive length.
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You can smell, feel and taste the Colombard in the smoke and elderflowers on the nose, the bone and sinew of the texture and the ocean-storm salt. Lime and white-knuckle, nail-biting tension. There is a...

You can smell, feel and taste the Colombard in the smoke and elderflowers on the nose, the bone and sinew of the texture and the ocean-storm salt. Lime and white-knuckle, nail-biting tension. There is a hint of Chenin in the lanolin on the end, and I wonder if the Chenin might play a stronger role in the wine as it ages. It will be interesting to see. JancisRobinson.com

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