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Sadie Family 'Treinspoor' Tinta Barocca 2023

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Sadie Family 'Treinspoor' Tinta Barocca 2023

  • TASTING NOTE: “The 2023 Treinspoor is pure Tinta Barocca planted on sandstone and granite/quartz. Dark berry fruit and hints of Earl Grey unfold on the nose that’s maybe just a bit Nebbiolo-like in style and very expressive. Brisk and bright, the palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins. It’s a little Barolo-like toward the grippy finish, leaving veins of blue fruit on the aftertaste. Outstanding and characterful.” 95 Points - Neal Martin, Vinous
  • ABOUT THE WINE: This vineyard, planted in 1974 and located next to the old railway line (treinspoor), lies four kilometres west of Malmesbury on decomposed granite and sandstone. Sadie notes that while the very fragile, thin skin of Tinta Barocca is prone to sunburn, the old bush vines of this site keep the bunches sheltered from the intense Swartland sun. He likens his Treinspoor to a sort of stylistic cross between northern RhĂŽne Syrah (black cherry/blackcurrant/grenadine fruit, iodine and nettles) and Piemontese Nebbiolo (spice, flowers, acidity and tannins). “It has Piedmont-like tannins and Northern RhĂŽne aromatics,” says Eben. Regardless, as you can read below, it’s a brilliant red. It ferments in concrete with 50% whole bunches and is raised for 11 months in large cask. Like all Sadie wines, it is an outstanding, idiosyncratic red of beauty, finesse and character. 

  • ABOUT THE PRODUCER:  Visionary grower-producer Eben Sadie founded the estate in 1999 in South Africa’s Swartland region. Sadie is a regional pioneer in site-specific bottlings.  The estate covers 30 hectares of vines across more than 50 plots throughout the surrounding area, covering almost 400 kilometres. Approximately 10 hectares are estate-owned, with the balance not owned but under the viticultural control of the Sadie family.  Farming is organic, yields are very low, vine age can reach 100 years old, and all plots are dry-farmed at high elevations on varied soils from granite to chalk to sandstone and clay. Next to no new wood is used, extractions are gentle, and vinification takes place mostly in concrete, with a handful of eggs and large-format wood in play.  Varieties include Cinsault, Grenache, Tinta Barocca, MourvĂšdre, Carignan, Palomino, Chenin Blanc, Semillon, Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Colombard and Semillon Gris.  The range includes the signature Columella and Palladius wines–blends of varieties and sites–and single-site District Series wines. Bibendum

  • COUNTRY: South Africa
  • REGION: Swartland
  • VARIETAL: Tinta Barocca
  • WINE STYLE: Red Wine 
  • WINEMAKER: Eben Sadie
  • CLASSIFICATION:  Organic Farming 
  • CLOSURE: Cork 
  • ABV%: 13%
  • SIZE: 750ml
$49.20

Original: $140.58

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$140.58

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  • TASTING NOTE: “The 2023 Treinspoor is pure Tinta Barocca planted on sandstone and granite/quartz. Dark berry fruit and hints of Earl Grey unfold on the nose that’s maybe just a bit Nebbiolo-like in style and very expressive. Brisk and bright, the palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins. It’s a little Barolo-like toward the grippy finish, leaving veins of blue fruit on the aftertaste. Outstanding and characterful.” 95 Points - Neal Martin, Vinous
  • ABOUT THE WINE: This vineyard, planted in 1974 and located next to the old railway line (treinspoor), lies four kilometres west of Malmesbury on decomposed granite and sandstone. Sadie notes that while the very fragile, thin skin of Tinta Barocca is prone to sunburn, the old bush vines of this site keep the bunches sheltered from the intense Swartland sun. He likens his Treinspoor to a sort of stylistic cross between northern RhĂŽne Syrah (black cherry/blackcurrant/grenadine fruit, iodine and nettles) and Piemontese Nebbiolo (spice, flowers, acidity and tannins). “It has Piedmont-like tannins and Northern RhĂŽne aromatics,” says Eben. Regardless, as you can read below, it’s a brilliant red. It ferments in concrete with 50% whole bunches and is raised for 11 months in large cask. Like all Sadie wines, it is an outstanding, idiosyncratic red of beauty, finesse and character. 

  • ABOUT THE PRODUCER:  Visionary grower-producer Eben Sadie founded the estate in 1999 in South Africa’s Swartland region. Sadie is a regional pioneer in site-specific bottlings.  The estate covers 30 hectares of vines across more than 50 plots throughout the surrounding area, covering almost 400 kilometres. Approximately 10 hectares are estate-owned, with the balance not owned but under the viticultural control of the Sadie family.  Farming is organic, yields are very low, vine age can reach 100 years old, and all plots are dry-farmed at high elevations on varied soils from granite to chalk to sandstone and clay. Next to no new wood is used, extractions are gentle, and vinification takes place mostly in concrete, with a handful of eggs and large-format wood in play.  Varieties include Cinsault, Grenache, Tinta Barocca, MourvĂšdre, Carignan, Palomino, Chenin Blanc, Semillon, Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Colombard and Semillon Gris.  The range includes the signature Columella and Palladius wines–blends of varieties and sites–and single-site District Series wines. Bibendum

  • COUNTRY: South Africa
  • REGION: Swartland
  • VARIETAL: Tinta Barocca
  • WINE STYLE: Red Wine 
  • WINEMAKER: Eben Sadie
  • CLASSIFICATION:  Organic Farming 
  • CLOSURE: Cork 
  • ABV%: 13%
  • SIZE: 750ml