The Liberator 'Francophile' Chenin Blanc 2025

Chenin Blanc ‘The Francophile’ The Liberator is a lovely fresh white made by De Morgenzon from parcels of old bush vine Chenin Blanc selected by Master of Wine Richard Kelley. It has attractive citrus notes along with stone fruit and tropical yellow fruit notes along with a mineral freshness which brings the whole wine together. The wine is unoaked but aged on its lees and really benefits from a couple of years bottle age. Very good value.

The Liberator series of wines were created by Master of Wine Richard Kelley who felt sorry for parcels of top quality grapes that he witnessed being blended into mass produced wines. He did the honourable thing, bought them and then vinified them separately to create something better. The Francophile Chenin Blanc and Syrah are now produced each year from the same source in Bottelary Hills, Stellenbosch and made by Carl van der Merwe at De Morgenzon winery