Treinspoor

Red meat is the obvious choice and the wine has a great affinity with duck as well as various game meats.

The Treinspoor vineyard is situated in Swartland’s Malmesbury area, adjacent to an old railway line (hence its name). The vines are managed as old bush vines, protecting the fragile Tinta Barocca skins from the intense Swartland sun. The vineyard sits on an alluvial plain comprised of sandstone, granite, and quartz formations.

Following pressing, the wine is aged 11 months in 45-year-old conical wooden casks that impart no oak flavor but allow slow oxygen exchange. It is then transferred to a concrete tank for one month of settling. Two weeks before bottling, 65 mg/L of sulfur is added, and the wine is bottled from the fine lees.

Vinification begins with 30% whole clusters and 70% destemmed grapes fermented on skins for approximately 25–30 days. Gentle “bucket overs” are used to avoid over-extraction, given the tannic nature of Tinta Barocca.

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.