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Okay here’s a quick one for you.  I rarely drink a South African Chenin Blanc. My good friend insited on the quality here so we gave it a shot.  I was pleasantly surprised, not amazed, but none the less surprised.  Stellenbosch is a huge wine making area of South Africa located roughly 30 miles East of Cape Town.  Chenin makes up about 30 percent of all the vines in South Africa and is known in the area as “Steen”.  This particular Steen has a nice round fruit flavor of honeydew, with notes of grassy minerality.  The Forrester website would state the wine presents a “refreshingly long finish”.  Here I would strongly disagree!  The wine is refreshing; the finish is however, anything but long.  Regardless, we got a great deal for this bottle at only $11.  Find it at this price and it’s worth a case!