2020 Mev. Kirsten Chenin Blanc
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The 2020 Mev. Kirsten has a perfumed bouquet, quite floral, apricot blossom, hints of strawberry and lemon verbena. The palate is well balanced with good weight and density, slightly oily in texture; a touch of lemon rind with a white pepper appear towards the finish. Superb, though the Skurfburg seems to have a little more élan.
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Neal Martin
Anthony Mueller, Wine Advocate
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Beginning with an almost electric nose, the 2020 Old Vine Series Mev Kirsten offers a fine, dusty mineral essence and elements of underripe pineapple, yellow pear, sweet citrus and lanolin. The wine is balanced on the palate, with energetic acidity that races across the mid-palate with finesse and precision, followed by a soft chalky mineral tension and a slight kiss of phenolic bitterness. The wine unpacks and unfolds over the elongated finish with subtle flavors of arugula and underripe peach skin. Bravo!
About the producer
Since he started making wine under his own name in 2000, Eben Sadie became a cult name in South Africa. The Swartland producer is best known for his flagship Columella and Palladius, but he also makes a range of whites and reds under the Old Vine Series, which became the District Series in 2025.