Sadie Family Wines
Soldaat
Grenache Noir from Swartland, South Africa
Bottle size:
750 ml
Shipping: R99 nationwide
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.
Description
The 2020 Soldaat had two pivotal shifts in the process of coming to being. Firstly, we realized that the more heavily shaded bunches contributed to a volume of herbal, greener characteristics in the wine in some of the older vintages; and by mid-December we trimmed away the leaves around the bunches only to enable more sunlight to come through - not excessively, but certainly more than in the past. Secondly, we slightly reduced the percentage of whole clusters by destemming around 35% of the bunches – this decreases the volume of potassium pick up and pH meltdown. The wine is still very much primal red bright fruit and intense berried flavours, but we have gained greater purity and earthy characters; and a better tannin structure in the end of the wine. The wine has both aromatic brightness and weight in texture.
Food Pairing
Pairs perfectly with grilled, stewed and braised meats like beef, veal, pork, chicken and of course game.
