Swartland 'Treinspoor' Tinta Barocca

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Eben Sadie is considered one of the great visionaries and preservationists among South African winemakers. He is outspoken about his obsession with terroir and making sure the Swar tland region is recognized as a place to make exceptional, authentic and highly coveted wines.He founded Sadie Family Wines in 1999, after establishing his career in both South Africa and wineries across the world and released his first vintage of Columella in 2000. He was one of the first to focus on creating wines that express their area, or a single vineyard, rather than blending extensively across regions which was unconventional at the time. The Portuguese variety Tinta Barocca is a grape that carries the soil into the bottle, being a great communicator of terroir, and oftentimes is very similar in character to Nebbiolo. And similarly to Nebbiolo, Tinta Barocca is a variety full of tannin and structure. Spicy herbal aromatics and dark plum float over a compressed core of complexity. This is a wine designed for cellaring, and will develop and unfurl itself over the next decade. 13.0% ABV Show more