Medium

Cork

South Africa

Decidedly fresher and spicier on the nose than the 2004, with raspberry, fresh blackcurrant, violet and pink peppercorn notes. Slimmer (not as extracted or thick) and more classically South African in profile, though very young still. Again, it has this piercing acidity and fairly robust, textural tannins. More edgy and tense than the 2004, this 2007 is excellent, but not quite as complex and harmonious. Various soils: granite, slate, clay, gravel. Three weeks fermentation and three weeks maceration in 2,000L open-top wooden fermenters. Aged for 18 months on lees then a further six months on fine lees.

Mourvèdre

Syrah / Shiraz

The Sadie Family, Columella, Swartland, South Africa, 2007

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Decidedly fresher and spicier on the nose than the 2004, with raspberry, fresh blackcurrant, violet and pink peppercorn notes. S

The Sadie Family, Columella, Swartland, South Africa 2007

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