Wine Bosman, “Optenhorst” Chenin Blanc, 2021

Wine Optenhorst Chenin Blanc 2008 – a magnificent, perfectly balanced wine with pleasant acidity, flexible, fragrant bouquet and delicate aftertaste able to give a real pleasure to lovers of white wines.
Optenhorst – the name of an ancient vineyard, planted in 1952, from which collected the choicest fruit wine “Optenhorst Chenin Blanc”.
The wine is aged on the lees for 9 months in oak barriques from Louis Latour, and after bottling specifies another 6 months.
Simon Woods, one of the highly respected wine critics in Britain belongs to the following statement about the wine “Chenin Blanc” from the winery “Bosman” “Family Bosman started bottling their own wines in 2004 … Their fragrant” Chenin “- amazingly clear, precise, elegant in spite of the fortress, wine. “

Bosman Family engaged in viticulture in the region since 1798, is the largest producer of grapes in South Africa, in his kennel “Lelienfontein Vinegrowers” they cultivate vines more than 7 million annually. The last 50 years, the family Bosman engaged only cultivation of grapes, but in 2004 again returned to commercial wineries. Changes associated with the arrival of the family business to the management of the new owner, a representative of the eighth generation of the family – Petrus Bosman-trained winemaking in the cellars of Sonoma in the US.
In 2004 Petrus got the first harvest from which was made his first wine, signifying, according to Petrus “proud return to our wine-making past. This wine reflects the true traditions and modern experience, is the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the history of our family. “

Petrus Bosman paired with the talented winemaker Korleey Fourier creates a wine of excellent quality. Wine estates are made on the principle – “from the vineyard – the wine.” Distinctive features of wines made from selected grapes are wealth, elegance and complexity combined with excellent fruit aromas.
“Chenin Blanc 2009” and “Pinotage 2009” from the winery Bosman is in the top 100 best wines of South Africa.