The fruit for this wine is sourced from four vineyards, three of which are located in the Swartland (Nuwedam, Nuweland and Uitvlug vineyards). The other, the Contermanskloof vineyard, is to the south in Durbanville. All of the vineyards are estimated to be over 40 years old. They are dryland bush vine vineyards and have never been irrigated. As a result of the arid conditions, these sites yield little fruit (between one and three tonnes per hectare), but with immense concentration. South Africa is the only New World country that has significant plantings of old-vine Chenin Blanc, and Elodie is an expression of what can be made from this national treasure.
