Plat'Bos, Chenin Blanc, Swartland, 2024
Tighter and more linear and grippy as one would expect from this famously driven wine, which is an important base for the main Chenin Blanc label, the 2024 Plat Bos offers up an intense mix of fresh stone fruits, red berries and salty, chalky, lightly smoky leesy complexity. Picked over multiple passes with components ranging from 10-14% ABV, the final blend lands at just under 12% - remarkable given the intensity and complexity of the wine in the bottle. Plat Bos is a northwestern facing slope planted 1981 on pure decomposed granite. Just 2000 bottles produced.
critic reviews
The 2024 Chenin Blanc Plat'bos is the first parcel picked. This has a taciturn bouquet at first, but opens with light beeswax and wet wool scents. The palate is taut and fresh, a linear Chenin with grapefruit and tangy orange rind notes towards the finish. Very fine, but it's unapologetically not a crowd pleaser.