Sadie Family Wines - Mev Kirsten Chenin Blanc 2020 (750ml)
Price: $185.00
| Producer | Sadie Family Wines |
| Country | South Africa |
| Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 167566 |
| Size | 750ml |
For twenty years Eben Sadie has been working in South Africa’s rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs from which he makes wines that are built to age. He came to Swartland in 1999 for its variety of soils and varied geology – chalk soils in some areas, granite, sandstone and alluvials elsewhere. Fairly warm and dry, the region lends itself to organic farming.
Sadie’s flagship wine is Columella, a syrah-based blend grown on slate, granite, sandstone and gravel first made in 2000. The quality of this wine continues to benefit from the experience gained over the 20 years of its production, reflecting the deeply research-based approach of the estate.
Several other bottlings are produced, including wines from Chenin Blanc, Semillon and co-fermented white field blends in addition to reds from Cinsault and Grenache among others. He is responding to the increasingly warmer climate by cultivating varietals that naturally do better in drier environments – such as the native grapes of Portugal, Sicily and southern Spain.
The estate has attracted a significant following not just for the extraordinary and relatively unknown terroirs from which the fruit is sourced but for the rigorous mindset of Eben Sadie himself. There is a strong pioneering spirit here. No compromises are made in the pursuit of making honest wines of quality.
Tim Atkin: 98 Points
A vineyard that ges better and better every year Mev. Kirsten was planted in 1905 and 1946 and shows the effortless concentration of its terroir. White flower and honeysuckle aromas lead you into a palate of remarkable focus minerality and depth with lots of grip saffron and beeswax notes and a long chiselled finish. 2023-32
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taWine Advocate: 93+ Points
Beginning with an almost electric nose the 2020 Old Vine Series Mev Kirsten offers a fine dusty mineral essence and elements of underripe pineapple yellow pear sweet citrus and lanolin. The wine is balanced on the palate with energetic acidity that races across the mid-palate with finesse and precision followed by a soft chalky mineral tension and a slight kiss of phenolic bitterness. The wine unpacks and unfolds over the elongated finish with subtle flavors of arugula and underripe peach skin. Bravo!
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