2021 | Kleine Zalze | Family Reserve Chenin Blanc

The palate is an explosion of delicate flavors, nice and delightful mouthfeel. Quite delicate and smooth texture on the long finish.

Producer Information

A census done in 1692, shows that Nicolaas Cleef had been settled on a farm known as de Groote Zalze, just outside Stellenbosch on the banks of the Blaauwklippen river since 1683. Cleef was born in Grosszalze, Germany and married Barbara Lefevre, a Huguenot refugee of Fleurbaix, Belgium in 1684. By 1692, they had a family with a daughter and a son and had planted 7 000 vines on de Groote Zalze. In 1695, Simon van der Stel granted Cleef ownership (freehold title) of the 57 morgen of land that he had cleared and cultivated for 12 years. Today, 18 morgen of this grant is within the boundaries of the subdivided section known as Kleine Zalze, adjoining another section taken from a subsequent (1818) grant to de Groote Zalze’s owners. Nicolaas Cleef died in 1708 and his widow Barbara and their children Anna Catherina and Jochem, continued farming. Anna Catherina married Hans Jacob Conterman, whose family name was Grundermann (until his arrival in the Cape in 1796). Conterman, arrived at the Cape as a soldier but was soon freed from his obligations and registered as a burger. More recently, Kobus Basson and his family acquired the property in 1996 and proceeded to renovate the cellar and replant the vineyards to build the modern-day Kleine Zalze. In September 2022 ownership passed to AdVini, a world renowned French wine company, starting a new chapter for Kleine Zalze Wines. In 1713, Anna Catherina and Hans (also known as Jan) inherited de Groote Zalze. Anna Catherina died in 1720 and Hans remarried and sold de Groote Zalze in 1722 to Lieutenant D C Nyseh. Though Nyseh owned de Groote Zalze until 1758, nothing more is known of him. In 1758, de Groote Zalze was sold to Johannes Colyn, who in turn sold it to Wilhelmus Krige in 1762. In 1809, Krige sold de Groote Zalze to Andries Francois du Toit, great-grandson of Francois du Toit, Huguenot refugee. In 1818, Andries du Toit, received a grant of 250 morgen of land adjoining de Groote Zalze from the new British administration. The larger property, totaling 307 morgen was subdivided between Andries’s great-grandchildren. Through ups and downs of family fortunes and a multitude of male descendants, the Du Toit family was to hold onto de Groote Zalze for 166 years before Gilbeys Distillers and Vintners purchased two portions of the land and consolidated it into what is today known as Kleine Zalze. In 1996 the Basson family bought Kleine Zalze and improved and developed the property whilst establishing a premium Stellenbosch wine brand. Since 1996 the family also acquired the rest of the land, once known as de Groote Zalze.

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