Dune Athabasca Chenin Blanc 2024

This Chenin Blanc from Blewitt Springs offers aromas of preserved lemon and jasmine, with a soft, creamy palate of ripe lemon, ginger, and red apples, balanced by mellow acidity.

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Dune Wine Athabasca Chenin Blanc 2024
"Free-run juice fermented wild in concrete with some pressings and a high lees content, then racked to old barrels where it stayed for six months. Refined lemon leaf and pith notes, crisp Golden Delicious apple, coolly ripe stone fruit, white florals, ground ginger and a stony mineral note; this is the more ‘classic’ chenin for Dune, and it’s a charming thing indeed. There’s texture and an insistently vigorous line of acidity, working as harmoniously balancing forces, a waxy, chalky line detailing the finish." 93 Points, Special Value, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion

The next Generation of the Lloyd family (Coriole) planting their flag in the Vale. A new project from brothers Duncan and Peter Lloyd, Dune wines sees them step out from the shadow of Coriole wines. Sourcing fruit from a single vineyard in the Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale. Organic in conversion, this sandy vineyard has been completely re-imagined since being purchased by the brothers in 2009. Planting and grafting over southern Mediterranean varietals has seen them create a unique range of blends alongside some classic and so2 free shiraz.

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