This is not your average Chenin Blanc. Named after a Boer War heroine, Sarah Raal, this wine carries her fearless spirit—lean, pure, and quietly powerful. Expect crisp notes of white peach, green apple, and citrus blossoms, with subtle chalk and spice adding texture. It’s vibrant yet layered, finishing with racy acidity and minerality that gives it real presence on the palate.

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Pale lemon straw colour with a clean nose of unexpected linear purity of fruit, such as white peach, pineapple, apple and pear notes, rounded with a touch of chalkiness. On the palate the layered complexity of mandarine zest, apple, pickling spices, white citrus/jasmine blossoms, grapefruit pith and a fine minerality surprise. The beautifully balanced acidity and the intense core make a wine that is fresh, crisp and elegant with tremendous depth.

The story behind the name: Sarah Raal belonged to a wealthy Boer and farmers family whereby her brothers and father went to combat during the Anglo-Boer War, and her mother and younger siblings to concentration camps. Being left alone, she decided to take up weapons and join the war together with the Boers against the British.