Swartland, Soldaat, Sadie Family - 2024

Provenance: South Africa
Appellation: Swartland
Domain: Eben Sadie
Grape variety(ies): Grenache Noir
Alcohol degree: 13.5%

The fermentation of the Soldaat vineyard is a wonderful experience in the cellar since the red strawberry, cherry and pomegranate kind of fresh fruit aromas and perfumes fill the entire space; and these and similar flavours are to be found in the resultant wine. Grenache is a grape that completely translates the terroir into liquid.The purity of fruit and transparency of the wine, with very earthy notes, develop into greater complexity with time – this is the main characteristic here alongside the fresh fruit aromas.The tannin textures do reward those that have the nerve to wait and allow the wine to mature. James Suckling : 97/100 ; Tim Atkin : 96/100 ; Winemag : 95/100.

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Technique

Viticulture

Sadie Family has established itself as a leading name in the Swartland region and a driving force behind the revival of South African wine. Eben Sadie champions a terroir-focused approach, crafting precise and elegant wines from old vines and Mediterranean grape varieties well-suited to the Cape climate. The grenache comes from a vineyard located on Citrusdal Mountain consisting of sandstone and weathered stones.

Oenology

Concrete tanks are filled with 30% whole cluster and 70% destemmed grapes in order to carry out fermentaqtion. After pressing the wine is racked back into the concrete tanks, where it spends 8 months on lees. It is then racked to another concrete tank for 4 months.