Bottle of Ken Forrester Dirty Little Secret, Stellenbosch, South Africa, solera Chenin Blanc

Dirty Little Secret Five NV

Ken Forrester Wines

Try if you like White Burgundy

ripe stone fruit | baked apple | orange zest

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Drew's Tasting Note

A blend of four Chenin Blanc vintages creates a striking aroma of peach and honey. The palate has a mineral core with ripe stone fruit, baked apple and a hint of orange zest and citrus. Delightfully refreshing.

Producer: Ken Forrester Wines | Vintage: Non-vintage | From: Western Cape, South Africa | Alcohol: 13.0 | Size: 75cl | Style: rich white, still, vegetarian | Grape: Chenin Blanc

Non-vintage, 93 points, Anthony Mueller, The Wine Advocate, July 2023

The Winery

Scholtzenhof is one of the oldest farms in the Cape, with roots dating back to 1689. When Ken Forrester (then a respected restaurateur in Johannesburg) and his wife Teresa bought the derelict property at auction in 1993, they undertook a complete renovation of the homestead and vineyards, producing their first wines under the Ken Forrester label in 1994. The estate sits on the lower slopes of the Helderberg Mountain in Stellenbosch, and farming is done entirely by hand, from tilling and pruning through to harvest. Chenin Blanc is at the heart of everything, with some vines on the property dating back to the 1970s. Ken was a founding member of the Chenin Blanc Association in 2000 and has long been known in South African wine circles as “Mr Chenin,” a title the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards went some way to endorsing by naming his Old Vine Reserve the best Chenin Blanc in the world.

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