Mary Delany has been a trailblazing wine since 2011, when it was one of only two Chenins to earn 5 stars. It hails from the Citrusdal Mountain slopes – home to Alheit’s Magnetic North and Huilkrans, as wells as Sadie Family’s Skurfberg. While production here is tiny, the site is regarded as SA’s finest Chenin Blanc ‘cru’.
Botanica Mary Delany 2023: 'One of the best Chenin Blancs in the Cape'
Botanica Mary Delany 2023
'One of the best Chenin Blancs in the Cape'
Ginny Povall’s Botanica Mary Delany Chenin Blanc has cracked 5 stars in Platter’s no less than 10 times! Add to this the fact that the grapes come from the magical Citrusdal Mountains and you have ‘one of the best Chenin Blancs in the Cape’ (Tim Atkin). We suggest you make space in your cellar and on your dinner table – this is the rare gem you’ve been waiting for.
Thanks to old vines, high altitude and stellar winemaking, the 2023 Mary Delany is among the greatest wines we’ve tasted this year. The citrussy acidity adds remarkable verve to the palate. There’s real stone fruit concentration, with notes of jasmine stem, chamomile, and a crushed stone minerality. In short, it’s ‘complex’ and ‘oozes class’, says Platter’s.
