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Platter's Wine Guide 2023: 4.5 stars (93 points)

Grenache Blanc 2021 Donkiesbaai

£25.95 per bottle

About this wine

The Donkiesbaai Grenache Blanc 2021 shows expressive aromas of peach blossom and frangipani are followed by lime, yellow grapefruit, nectarine, and cantaloupe. Delicately textured on the palate with intriguing complexity – flavours of lime and apple evolve into dried apple, stone fruit, beeswax and five-spice. Fresh acidity balances a weighty mid-palate, showing intense stone fruit flavours of peach and nectarine, with a subtle, creamy, almond-milk finish.

Far up the west coast, about 3 and a half hours drive nor th of Cape Town, lies an open bay of white sand strewn with black mussels and kelp, with the icy waters of the Atlantic beating the shore. This is Donkiesbaai, where the Engelbrecht family have holidayed for four generations. This unassuming spot lends its name to our adventurous range
of wines from a further-flung corner of South Africa’s winelands. The wine was made with the cuisine of the west coast in mind. Crayfish, Harders, and a cold glass of wine is part of the history that is Donkiesbaai.

Alcohol: 13.49% ABV

Very Limited Stock!

 

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Producer Donkiesbaai
Category South Africa
Region Piekenierskloof
Colour White
Grape Grenache Blanc
Bottle Size 75cl
Vegetarian Yes
Vegan Yes

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