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Holden Manz Proprietors White Blend 2022 750ml
Holden Manz Proprietors White Blend 2022 750ml
SOUTH AFRICA : FRANSCHHOEK
Chenin Blanc, Sémillon, Chardonnay, Viognier
MED-BODIED, LIME, GREEN APPLE, HONEYSUCKLE, SALINITY, NEUTRAL OAK
Thierry Haberer, Holden Manz's Cellar Master, hand-selects fruit from four Western Cape appellations — Franschhoek, Banhoek, Wellington, and Simonsberg-Paarl — for this white blend, keeping each component separate through fermentation before assembling the final wine at year's end. The result is a wine with more going on structurally than its price would suggest.
The 2022 vintage saw ideal harvest conditions: good mid-season rain into December, then hot and dry through January and February. Twelve months on lees and spontaneous fermentation in a mix of neutral French oak and stainless steel. The Sémillon delivers the texture, the Viognier the floral aromatics, the Chenin the acidity and length, and the Chardonnay a fine, mineral frame.
PAIRINGS :
| Pan-seared halibut with butter sauce | lees richness ties to the sauce; acidity keeps it clean |
| Oysters and chilled shellfish | the salinity and Sémillon wax echo oyster brine |
| Roast chicken with cream sauce | full mouthfeel and Chardonnay base built for poultry and fat |
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