2024 Lukas van Loggerenberg Kameraderie

The 2024 Kameraderie is 100% Chenin Blanc, planted in 1966 from the Paardeberg, cropped at 2-3 tons per hectare, naturally fermented 85% in concrete from Italy and the rest in French oak barrels. For me, this does not quite deliver the cohesion of the Trust Your Gut cuvee, a little more reserved in style. The palate is well balanced with light red apple and pear notes, perhaps just a tad ‘skinnier’ and less textural in style, though it has a lovely peppery finish. Fine. 90 points

Principally sourced from Lammershoek, with a 15% component from a second, nearby farm on the Paardeberg, this is a rich, dense, complex Chenin Blanc from the brilliant Lukas van Loggerenberg with quince, lime and fennel flavours, a touch of petrichor and oak spice and a racy, tapering finish. 96 points