Painted Wolf Lycaon Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2018 Tier 2 and aged in Limousin oak

and aged in Limousin oak barrels for a minimum of 4 years

Distilled in 1988

Palate: Underberg bitters

A very special and long discontinued release from the Balblair distillery in the Highlands

sweet stone fruits emerge

Painted Wolf Lycaon Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2018 Tier 2 and aged in Limousin oakGrapes were harvested from two adjacent blocks of unirrigated 44 year old vines planted in 1974 in the horse shoe just above the town of Wellington. The vines grow in Tukulu soil, a well drained decomposed granite soil, yellow brown in colour. The vineyard is a certified heritage vineyard under South Africas Old Vine Project, designed to preserve the surviving old vineyards of South Africa. Harvested between 23 and 24 Balling, grapes were whole bunch