Alheit Hereafter Here 2023

Alheit Hereafter Here 2023

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Hereafter Here is a young vineyard wine. The great thing about planting young vines is that you can choose the site and the material purely for the sake of quality wine. Some of our favourite growers have already planted new vines, as will we on our own farm in the coming years. I find the idea of planting for the future very exciting! Our kids will have nice mature vines to work with. This is also a great space for us to nurture younger parcels that are very good but still too young for Cartology.
  • Country - South Africa
  • Region - Western Cape
  • Grape - Chenin Blanc
  • Food Match - Chicken, Hard Cheese, Oysters, Poultry, Risotto
  • Vintage - 2023
  • Alcohol - 13.1%
  • Size - 75cl

This vintage contains parcels from the Swartland close to Malmesbury, the Upper Blaauwklippen, and Polkadraai as we l as some older vine parcels from the Paardeberg.

As with the 2022 wine, reasonably good yields meant that we had some old vineyard wineavailable to bolster the young vine fruit that this wine was created for. The wine is moresubtle and more mellow in personality that previous vintages. It shows some yellow fruitand sweet herbs on the nose, quite pretty but not loud. The palate is savoury for aChenin. It seems like a slow-moving deep-water swell of flavour that builds and falls in its own time. This wine will be a great companion at the dinner table. - Chris Alheit

The grapes were picked early in the morning, sorting in the vineyard, and whole bunch pressed. The juice was very lightly settled (we like very cloudy raw juice) with no additions to the raw juice, wild fermentation in took place in old barrels of various sizes. Fermentation lasted for about two months. The wine was kept on lees for around 12 months, then rested in tank on fine lees without fining for a further six months prior to bottling. Very simple, careful winemaking.

“Hereafter Here is what Chris Alheit calls a “young vineyard wine” although it contains older material from the Paardeberg and Tygerberg too. Blended with a splash of Semillon from Franschhoek, it’s a total bargain in the range, with a nice interplay of lees, beeswax and granite-derived structure and a touch of flinty reduction. 2024-29 .”
94 points, Tim Atkin MW.

  • Alc:13.21%
  • RS:1.6g/l TA:5.45g/l pH:3.40
  • Wine of Origin: Western Cape
  • Varieties: 100% Chenin blanc
  • Bottling date: May 2024