Brilliantly rendered new Chenin Blanc: Vulpes The Cape Fox 2022
Brilliantly rendered new Chenin Blanc: Vulpes The Cape Fox 2022
Vulpes The Cape Fox 2022
Brilliantly rendered new Chenin Blanc
Nuschka de Vos left Reyneke Wines in Stellenbosch at the end of 2021 to start her own label, Vulpes Wines, and her first release is a stunner! The Cape Fox 2022 is a taut, visceral, and focused Chenin Blanc. If you love wines with verve, complexity, quiet fruit expression and a lingering finish, this is for you.
Jamie Goode calls it ‘a remarkable Chenin Blanc’ and ‘very fine’, whilst Tim Atkin MW agrees with Christian Eedes that Vulpes is ‘a brand to keep an eye on’.
Produced from two Swartland vineyards off granitic soils, the Cape Fox has an energetic acidity that coils and weaves its way through the wine for a long, memorable end. Subtle, yet layered, delicate yet powerful – it’s an absolute delight and joins the canon of great Swartland Chenins.
Nuschka’s focus is on sustainable and organic production, as is to be expected after six years at Reyneke. Tasting some samples and possible future releases, her wines are destined to be sought-after in the future.
