Sadie Family Wines

Rotsbank

Name: Treinspoor
Brand: Sadie Family Wines
Price: 760 ZAR
Availability: InStock

Chenin Blanc from Swartland, South Africa

R760

Bottle size:

750 ml

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Shipping: R99 nationwide

Due to the highly exclusive, and sought-after nature of this product, the vendor has requested to limit quantities per customer to ensure distribution.

20 in stock

Fulfilled by

Port2Port

𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: All Sadie Family Wines orders will be shipped from the second week of July 2026. "This 2025 Rotsbank is fast out of the gates, with intense mineral, salty, and gunflint characteristics, less reduction than usual, yet still very linear, with the signature “blue steel” orientation of Chenin. It is a very concentrated version with more viscosity than usual but still restrained and not over the top. The wine needs some space in the glass." – Eben's Release Notes 2026

Flint

Salt

Lime Zest

Minerality

After harvesting, the grapes are placed in a cooling room to reduce the temperature since the average temperatures are often 35 degrees or more – pressing warm grapes comes with its series of problems. We then do whole bunch pressing, a process that takes about 3 hours, during which time there is a margin of settling of the juice in the collecting tank. The juice is then transferred to two old foudres for fermentation.

The Rotsbank vineyard is located in the Paardeberg in the Aprilskloof on a rock shelf that barely has 30 – 50 cm of soil in most parts. It is incredible to think that this vineyard survives year after year. Many of the roots in the soil have found cracks in this rock shelf, and the limited natural growth of this vineyard makes for incredibly concentrated fruit. Since 2008 we have wanted to produce a Swartland Chenin Blanc, but the 2022 vintage materialised as the first after we were very fortunate to purchase the vineyard.

Sadie Family Wines

The Sadie Family strives for wines that are fresh flavorsome refined harmonious and balanced and aims to offer drinking pleasure at the highest level of quality at any stage of a wine's life: the wine-drinker's eagerness for a further glass is their measure of achievement! The Sadie's two wines Columella and Palladius originate in the soils in the Swartland region which stretches north of Cape Town between Durbanville and Piketberg inland from the Atlantic Ocean and centered on the town of Malmesbury. Importantly the area has a remarkably stable climate allowing a consistent level of quality each year in subtly different vintage conditions.