Balance is everything - Intellego Elementis
Elementis 2014, like its predecessors, is 100% Chenin Blanc, fermented on the skins for 3 weeks and then matured in used French oak for 9-10 months. Jurgen gets incredible freshness and concentration from his dry farmed fruit. That's given this wine a lig
(Almost) every week, I select an orange wine (a white wine made with extended skin contact) that grabbed my attention. View the whole series here.
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If the new wave of Swartland winemakers needed a poster boy, it could be Jurgen Gouws. With one of the cheekiest smiles in wine, and a pile of used oak barrels chalked with romantic history rather than toast lā¦
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