Brash Higgins 2021 ‘CHN’ Chenin Blanc (6 Bottles) McLaren Vale

by Fine Wine Cellars

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Our seventh single vineyard Chenin Blanc at Brash Higgins. Willamba Hill is a relatively steep, south facing 31 year old vineyard in the Blewitt Springs sub region of McLaren Vale. Overlaid with the deep white beach sands distinctive to Blewitt Springs, we attempt to capture some of the salinity and marine fossil notes from the sandy, coastal soils, thus transporting you to the oceanside with each whiff and taste.

Blewitt Springs geology begins 50 million years ago at the mouth of what is now Maslin Beach (Australia’s first unclad beach) and runs some 30km Eastward up to the foothills of the Adelaide Hills. The grapes are fermented wild in neutral French barriques for 12 months to help accentuate this maritime effect and to build texture. Only 195 cases of this dry style CHN Chenin Blanc were produced.

The CHN 2021 label is a detail from an oil on linen painting by the gifted Sydney artist, Alesandro Ljubicic, called “Try To Be A Rainbow To Someone’s Cloud” @alesandroljubicic

‘A pale straw in hue, the wine is heady with Chenin perfume of honey, straw, celery, real lemonade and water chestnut. Soft entry with trim acidity, the wine tightens as it flows across the tongue revealing a lick of saline and oyster shell. Good natural acidity with a delicate chalky, lemon pucker and notes of liquorice on the finish that pull you back for another look.’ – Brad Hickey, Vinitor, 09 April 2022.

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About Brash Higgins Wines

Brash Higgins: trying to add something new to the winemaking dialogue. Amphora wines, co-ferments, field blends & Omensetter Vineyard in McLaren Vale.
Brash Higgins is a certified Organic winery and vineyard in McLaren Vale, Australia crafting small batch, site-specific wines from our Omensetter Vineyard and other sites we admire. We make wines in clay amphora, for example, like Nero d’Avola and Zibibbo, as well as more traditional offerings like single vineyard Shiraz, Cinsault, and Cabernet Franc, to name but a few.

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