The Ken Forrester Old Vine Reserve Chenin Blanc is the cool older cousin who walks into this mayhem and is the balm to your strained soul. Her hoop earrings glinting in the sun, she is the safe golden corner you retreat to on the stoep to the background discussion on whether the oven could have fit an entire turkey.

97 Points, Decanter
91 Points, Tim Atkin MW

Food Pairing: Can be served with varied spicy dishes, full flavoured fish or chicken dishes. Ideal with crayfish, prawns.A true benchmark for relaxed enjoyment.

'We've had Chenin Blanc-based wines from the Loire in our Best In Show selection, but never yet a Chenin from the country with more of this variety planted than any rival nation: South Africa. That changed this year with this stylish Chenin from Stellenbosch. Gone was the sometimes over-fleshy, over-crafted style associated with ambitious Cape Chenins in the past. This pale gold, pure, fine-fruited wine hints at honey, spring flowers, pear and quince in its focussed, almost lacy aromas, while the palate is graceful and shapely, too, deftly balanced, and with a stony residuum that suggests deep-rooted old vines. An outstanding Chenin, in sum, perfectly pitched both as a varietal and as a Stellenbosch classic.'