Leenders Baviaan White Blend '20
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The mischievous Baviaan (Dutch for Baboon) is a common site in the Cape Winelands and incidentally has been for ages.
During Wijnand Leenders’ tenure at the Company’s Gradens he realised that the fresh fruit, vegetables and some other produce was disappearing from the gardens.
After first suspecting company soldiers, local tribes and then the slaves from the lodge nearby, he was to eventually discover that it was a troop of the local Baviaan!
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- Wine Country
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- Grape varieties wine
- Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne
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- Wine-food combination
About this wine
Description & facts
In 1639, Wijnand Leenders was born in the small forest town called Bezuidenhout, in Holland. A farmer with an adventurous spirit, Wijnand decided to set out to the tip of Africa on 15 August 1665 – when he was just 27 years old.
A farmer by trade, he was soon to be appointed as Head Gardener at the VOC’s Company’s Gardens (Kompanje’s Tuine). In this historic garden where fresh produce was cultivated for passing ships, some of the first vineyards in South Africa were also grown. Wijnand Leenders (from Bezuidenhout) soon became known as Wijnand Bezuidenhout, one of the first vine growers and winemakers at the southern tip of Africa.
Today, centuries later, his legacy is honoured by a new generation of Bezuidenhout-family winemakers.
- Producer
- Leenders Baviaan White Blend ’20
- Country of origin
- Wine Region
- Vintage
- 2020
- Grape varieties wine
- Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne
- % of grape varieties wine
- Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc & Rousanne
- Tasting note
- A blend of Chenin Blanc, Roussanne and Grenache Blanc, this white blend is a South African take on a typical Rhône white blend. Complex, rich and finessed. The Chenin Blanc (South Africa’s most planted grape) lends a crisp acidity and fruit-forward note to the wine, while Roussanne and Grenache Blanc brings a typical aromatic note, waxy complexity and finesse to the blend. Light yellow in colour with peach, apricot and stone fruit on the nose. This wine is great now, but is made to age for 5 years or more.
- Location Vineyard
- Zuid-Kaap
- Closure
- Cork
- Ageing potential
- 5 years or more
