Hazy View Chenin Blanc
£9.79
£13.05 per litre · incl. 20% VAT
In Stock — 10 bottles available
An everyday Chenin Blanc that punches well above its price tag. Bright green apple, a squeeze of citrus, and that clean, dry finish South Africa does so well. Pour it chilled on a Tuesday night, take it to a friend's barbecue, or keep a couple in the fridge for whenever someone drops by. Reliable, refreshing, easy to love.
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Our Verdict
We listed Hazy View because every wine shop needs a properly good house white, and this is ours. We've tasted plenty of entry-level Chenins from the Cape, and this one consistently delivers more than its price suggests, clean, pithy, genuinely refreshing, with none of the flabby sweetness that lets some cheaper Chenins down. It's the bottle we recommend when someone asks for a crowd-pleasing white under a tenner that won't embarrass them at a dinner party. If you enjoy this, the rest of the Hazy View range is well worth exploring next.
Tasting Notes
A bright, unfussy white that gets straight to the point. The nose offers tangy green apple and a squeeze of fresh lime, with a subtle floral lift sitting just behind the fruit. On the palate it's dry and crisp, the apple carrying through with a hint of ripe pear and a flicker of citrus pith. Stainless steel fermentation keeps everything clean and lively, and the finish is quick, fruity and refreshing, the kind that nudges you straight back for another sip.
About This Wine
Here's the thing about South African Chenin Blanc, the Cape grows more of it than anywhere else on earth, including the Loire, and the everyday bottles are quietly some of the best-value whites going. Hazy View is a perfect case in point. It's the kind of white you reach for without thinking, and never regret pouring. The fruit comes from across the Western Cape, where Atlantic breezes from one side and Indian Ocean warmth from the other meet around the southern tip of Africa. That mix of cool mornings and Mediterranean afternoons gives Chenin its natural balance, ripeness without heaviness, freshness without bite. The grapes get a short, cool maceration on the skins before fermenting in stainless steel, locking in all that crunchy varietal character. In the glass, expect lifted aromas of green apple and pear, a hint of lemon zest, and a clean, dry finish with just enough fruit to keep things generous. Crisp acidity carries it through. It's a brilliant all-rounder at the table, think roast chicken with lemon and thyme, a Thai green curry, grilled prawns, or a wedge of mature Cheddar. Equally happy on its own as an aperitif on a warm evening. We ship across the UK, usually within two to three working days, so a midweek case is never far away. A friendly, dependable white to keep on hand, and a gentle introduction for anyone still discovering what the Cape can do with this grape.
Food Pairing
This is a brilliant all-rounder that doesn't need a special occasion. The crisp acidity cuts beautifully through anything fried or creamy, and the green-apple fruit makes it a natural with chicken, fish and lighter cheeses. It's just as happy on its own in the garden, a chilled glass before dinner with a handful of olives and salted almonds.
- —Beer-battered fish and chips with malt vinegar
- —Roast chicken with lemon and thyme
- —Thai green curry with prawns
- —Goat's cheese tart with caramelised onion
- —Pan-fried sea bass with crushed new potatoes
How to Serve
Decanting
No decanting needed. This is an unoaked, fruit-forward style that's at its best straight from a freshly opened bottle, pour and enjoy while it's bright and lively.
The Winemaking
A gentle approach designed to preserve freshness. The whole bunches sit on their skins for around six hours at a cool 6°C, drawing out aromatic compounds without bitterness. After pressing, fermentation runs in stainless steel at a steady 16°C until the wine is bone dry. Malolactic conversion is deliberately avoided, that's the decision that keeps the apple-crisp acidity intact and stops the wine slipping into something rounder or creamier. Stainless throughout means no oak, no compromise on purity.
The Western Cape Region
Le Domaine draws its fruit from vineyards scattered across the Western Cape, from coastal sites cooled by Atlantic breezes to warmer inland slopes, all planted between 50 and 300 metres above sea level. This broad sourcing is deliberate. By blending components from different microclimates, the cellar builds a consistent house style that balances the crisp acidity of cooler sites with the ripe generosity of warmer ones. It's the Western Cape's extraordinary diversity captured in a single glass.
About the Producer
Hazy View
Not every wine on our list comes from a single family estate with a name above the cellar door, and Hazy View is a good example of why that's no bad thing. This is a brand built with one job in mind: to bring an honest, easy-drinking taste of the Western Cape to UK tables, without unnecessary complication or a price tag to match.
The fruit is sourced from the Cape Coast, mostly from Swartland and Paarl, two regions that know how to ripen grapes properly. Both sit inland enough to get real heat and long, dry summers, but close enough to the Atlantic, around 20 miles away, that cooling evening breezes keep the fruit from turning flabby or over-ripe. It's a balance that Western Cape growers have relied on for generations, and it's exactly why South African whites and reds so often manage to be generous and fresh at the same time.
What makes Hazy View distinctive is the restraint in the winemaking. Both wines, a Chenin Blanc and a Pinotage, are vinified entirely in stainless steel, with no oak ageing at all. That's a deliberate choice rather than a shortcut. Without oak in the picture, there's nowhere for the fruit character to hide: the Chenin's orchard fruit and the Pinotage's dark berry, smoky edge come through clean and true to type. These are wines that taste unmistakably of where they're from.
We stock Hazy View because it does something genuinely useful: it gives curious UK drinkers a reliable, no-nonsense way into South African wine, without asking them to commit to a big spend or a steep learning curve first. Both wines carry Wine of Origin Western Cape certification, which guarantees the grapes genuinely come from within that region, so you know exactly what you're getting.
If you're after a straightforward, fruit-forward Chenin Blanc for a Tuesday night, or a Pinotage that shows what the grape does without any oak dressing it up, Hazy View is worth a look. It's not trying to be a cellar-worthy collector's bottle. It's trying to be a genuinely good glass of South African wine, delivered to your door here in the UK, and on that front it does exactly what it sets out to do.