2024 Kumusha Chenin Blanc

100% sustainable Chenin Blanc from three different vineyard sites. One has a characteristically high natural acidity and this was amplified this year by the smallest ever crop from that vineyard. The other two vineyards are known for riper fruit,  providing beautiful fruit concentration. Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts.Simple vinification and aging in stainless steel with four months on the lees.  13.08% alcohol.

Light, dry, lively and youthfully fruity, this Chenin has a veritable fruit cocktail of aromas and flavors- baked pear, pineapple, honeydew melon, green apple, mandarin orange- alongside slight honey and almond notes.  Light to medium bodied, with medium-high acidity and a citrus and mineral driven finish. Great with chicken caesar salad or lemon & herb spatchcock chicken.

Kumusha in the Zimbabwean Shona language translates to ‘your home’, ‘your roots’ or ‘your origin’. Zimbabwean sommelier, Tinashe Nyamudoka, is the founder of Kumusha Wines. Tinashe Nyamudoka is a Zimbabwean immigrant bon vivant and gleeful rule-buster. Where he grew up, there was no commercial wine culture and the vast majority of the population had little or no cultural connection to wine drinking. He began his love affair with wine in 2008 working as a waiter at The Roundhouse Restaurant in Camps Bay, Cape Town. He became a regular independent wine judge in South Africa, and even had the opportunity to sit on a jury at MUNDUS Vini, Germany and Wine2Wine, Italy.  He then received his certificate in Wine Business Management from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.  Along the way a friendship formed with Attie Louw, a winemaker from the family estate Opstal in the Slanghoek valley.  This led to the opportunity for Tinashe to blend his own wines, and in 2017, Kumusha Wines was founded.  The brand now has a worldwide presence and is exported to the USA, Zimbabwe, Kenya and the Netherlands.

Light, dry, lively and youthfully fruity, this Chenin has a veritable fruit cocktail of aromas and flavors- baked pear, pineapple, honeydew melon, green apple, mandarin orange- alongside slight honey and almond notes.  Light to medium bodied, with medium-high acidity and a citrus and mineral driven finish. Great with chicken caesar salad or lemon & herb spatchcock chicken.

Kumusha in the Zimbabwean Shona language translates to ‘your home’, ‘your roots’ or ‘your origin’. Zimbabwean sommelier, Tinashe Nyamudoka, is the founder of Kumusha Wines. Tinashe Nyamudoka is a Zimbabwean immigrant bon vivant and gleeful rule-buster. Where he grew up, there was no commercial wine culture and the vast majority of the population had little or no cultural connection to wine drinking. He began his love affair with wine in 2008 working as a waiter at The Roundhouse Restaurant in Camps Bay, Cape Town. He became a regular independent wine judge in South Africa, and even had the opportunity to sit on a jury at MUNDUS Vini, Germany and Wine2Wine, Italy.  He then received his certificate in Wine Business Management from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.  Along the way a friendship formed with Attie Louw, a winemaker from the family estate Opstal in the Slanghoek valley.  This led to the opportunity for Tinashe to blend his own wines, and in 2017, Kumusha Wines was founded.  The brand now has a worldwide presence and is exported to the USA, Zimbabwe, Kenya and the Netherlands.