Chenin Blanc, Ava, 2024

Fuller bodied as usual compared to the Noa, the Ava Chenin is a beautifully layered, even-keeled Chenin that in youth feels closer in style to the Noa this year. Inevitably, bottle ageing will reveal their differences – the schist profile of the Ava Chenin lending a typically softer, hay and quince and yellow fruited, almost Chardonnay-esque development as the wine opens up. As always, beautifully measured and accomplished, it is aged in used oak barrique for almost a year.