where schist soils and steep exposures produce wines of intensity and structure
Manhattan went a hundred years without a legal whiskey distillery
In the heart of the Loire Valley
and Peter Leipold's Grand Cru Silvaner from it is all salt and stone and linear precision
It is a Touraine red built on two of the region's classic grapes
Kumusha, Breedekloof Chenin Blanc, 2025 Freisa and Friends where schist soils and steepKumusha is the project of Tinashe Nyamudoka, a Zimbabwe born former head sommelier at Cape Town's Test Kitchen who decided he wanted to make wine, not just pour it. "Kumusha" means home or roots in Shona, and that's the spirit here. This Chenin Blanc comes from the Breedekloof, a cooler, increasingly exciting corner of South Africa, made with natural fermentations and a minimal intervention hand. The result is fresh, honest and transparent, Chenin