Indaba Chenin Blanc

2006 A sweetly perfumed wine, characteristic of the grape, showing lots of tropical fruit, melon, citrus and floral aromas. The same luscious fruit flavors follow through on the palate, backed by refreshing acidity and good structure. The finish leaves you with an intriguing note of clove.

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Wonder what to offer friends who don’t like wine that much? Offer them a glass of chilled Chenin Blanc and watch them discover how delicious wine can be!

It is still astonishing how South African wines are relatively underappreciated in this country. The Western Cape is one of the most unique and inviting wine regions anywhere.

Cape Indaba was founded in celebration of the newly unified South Africa and end of the boycott of its wines in the international marketplace.

The wines are sourced from the best regions of the Winelands (Robertson, Swartland, Breede River Valley). The goal is for the Indaba wines to be as true a reflection of South Africa’s regional varietal styles as possible and offer great value for the money.

The African word Indaba has many connotations in the South African context, but its original translation derives from a Zulu term meaning, "an assembly of the chiefs."

Mzokhona Mvemve is the head winemaker at Indaba. The articulate 27 year old was the first black South African winemaker to graduate from Stellenbosch University.

His scholarship was funded by sales of Indaba Wines and he was the first recipient of the Indaba Scholarship. The Indaba Scholarship fund was established by Cape Classics to provide previously disenfranchised South Africans the opportunity to study in different areas of the wine industry such as viticulture, oenology and has recently expanded to include wine marketing and business administration.

Mzokhona believes empowerment is the most misused and misunderstood term in the wine industry. "Cape Classics makes an enormous difference through the sponsorship of wine industry students, but social responsibility isn’t always the same as empowerment. I wasn’t a poorly trained cellar worker who was given opportunities to better myself. I made a conscious decision to go to University – to acquire information, knowledge and skills." He says, "Joining Cape Classics was another conscious decision – I don’t believe that my appointment was on the basis of empowerment. I’m sure my bosses looked at me and saw future management prospects like any other employer does."

This 100% Chenin Blanc was tank fermented without any malolactic fermentation so the natural acidity was retained.

Enjoy with barbecued shrimp or red snapper, linguine with asparagus, chopped salad or Thai food.