Sadie Family Wines - Skerpioen Chenin Blanc Palomino 2021 (750ml)
Price: $105.00
Sale Price: $75.00
| Producer | Sadie Family Wines |
| Country | South Africa |
| Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 5739 |
| Size | 750ml |
For twenty years Eben Sadie has been working in South Africa’s rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs from which he makes wines that are built to age. He came to Swartland in 1999 for its variety of soils and varied geology – chalk soils in some areas, granite, sandstone and alluvials elsewhere. Fairly warm and dry, the region lends itself to organic farming.
Sadie’s flagship wine is Columella, a syrah-based blend grown on slate, granite, sandstone and gravel first made in 2000. The quality of this wine continues to benefit from the experience gained over the 20 years of its production, reflecting the deeply research-based approach of the estate.
Several other bottlings are produced, including wines from Chenin Blanc, Semillon and co-fermented white field blends in addition to reds from Cinsault and Grenache among others. He is responding to the increasingly warmer climate by cultivating varietals that naturally do better in drier environments – such as the native grapes of Portugal, Sicily and southern Spain.
The estate has attracted a significant following not just for the extraordinary and relatively unknown terroirs from which the fruit is sourced but for the rigorous mindset of Eben Sadie himself. There is a strong pioneering spirit here. No compromises are made in the pursuit of making honest wines of quality.
Tim Atkin: 97 Points
Wine Advocate: 94+ Points
An instant delight the 2021 Old Vine Series Skerpioen is bright and salty with a citrus-focused nose that offers soft notions of white flowers and sea spray. Medium-bodied the wine compresses on the palate and shows energetic acidity with flavors of white spiced tea lemon pith and citrus blossom before ending with a food-friendly mineral-laced finish. It?s a brilliant wine that will find synergistic effects from being paired with food.
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