The picturesque 160-hectare farm that is today known as Avondale has been under cultivation for more than 300 years. Early records show that the land was one of the first in the Paarl Valley to be allocated specifically for the production of wine grapes. Avondale is now home to the Grieve Family and 25 farm worker families. As the pioneers of Vital Health Foods, South Africa’s leading health food company, the Grieves have an innate focus on well-being that encompasses the land and its community of people. Avondale are committed to providing fair and decent living and working conditions to enable their people to enjoy healthy, balanced lives.
Joanna Simon, The Festive White and Orange Wine Guide 2025: "Honeyed pears, quince and baked apple on a textural palate with a toasty, smoky accent and fine, mineral acidity. Depth, complexity and finesse from hand-picked and naturally fermented organic Chenin Blanc vines aged 14-40 years old. 80% was in French oak and the remainder was whole-bunch fermented in amphorae and qvevri before being aged on lees for 12 months with regular bâtonnage. A lot of tlc and it has paid off. Drink any time this decade." Wine Merchant Top 100, Highly Commended, 2025. Highly Recommended - Decanter, March 2023, South African Chenin Blanc Panel Tasting, 91 points: “Smoky, spicy, savoury wine with mineral tang and good balance. Big concentration, a herby, granitic sapidity and long, textural length”. Awarded 94 by Decanter, November 2023: ''From 25-35 year old vineyards, there's a 15% orange wine (skin contact in qvevri) component to this Chenin, plus 12 months in very old barrels. The reuslt is a textural, multi-layered wine with creamy Mirabelle plum and pineapple flavours, underpinned by a salty minerality''.
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