Nuvo Nivo x Yo El Rey - Intaba 2025

(Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa) 

100% Chenin Blanc 

For these two releases from Nuvo Nivo range it only made sense to work with Modal's own Angelo Van Dyke, who made these two cuvees while he was down in South Africa working on his own Yo El Rey wines. The grapes for this wine are from the incredible Welbeloond vineyard, planted on decomposed shale only 5km away from the sea with uninterrupted views of Table Mountain. 

While much of the project is designed to give a home to already made wine, in South Africa we wanted to specifically use our resources to support growers such as Andrew Melllish, who supplied the Chenin. Finding organic fruit in the region is often difficult, as growers either have established markets, or choose not to even if they have the interest, as it's not financially feasible to farm organically. For us, these wines are an opportunity to bring about real change in the agricultural scene by supporting these rare growers by taking the fruit at a better price and sharing the risks - if we take on the risk of making the wine and finding buyers, they can take the risk of growing in a better, more ethical way.