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Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate
The Alheit Vineyards 2024 Citrusdal Mountain Huilkrans comes from bush vines in their mid-50s, rooted in red sand over red clay at roughly 450 meters in elevation, a low-yielding site that naturally drives intensity and tension. The wine can show high acidity, shaping a distinctly different mineral and aromatic profile that leans into orange blossom, lemon blossom and lifted floral notes rather than overt fruit, recalling the exotic scents of a Moroccan garden such as the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh. Dry and linear on the palate, it finishes fresh and finely etched, with brightness and precision outweighing richness.
Huilkrans is a single origin Chenin Blanc wine. It has gained a very strong following amongst Chenin lovers and is considered by critics to be approximately equal to Magnetic North in quality. If Magnetic North is the tenor voice of Skurfberg, then Huilkrans must be the deeper baritone. It works on a lower, richer frequency, but still unmistakably from this great appellation.
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