Wine of the Week for Sept. 26, 2022

The label of the A.A. Badenhorst Family Secateurs Riviera Swartland 2021

A.A. Badenhorst Family Secateurs Riviera Swartland 2021 (92 points, $18)
Gauzy and deeply golden in hue, this skin-contact version offers steeped raspberry and poached apricot fruit, with notes of aromatic herbs, flowers and orange peel as well as hints of clove and graphite. Fresh and well-cut, with a lightly chalky finish. Chenin Blanc, Sémillon and Colombard. Drink now through 2027. 3,000 cases made. From South Africa.—Alison Napjus

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