Sadie Family Wines - Treinspoor Tinta Barocca Old Vine 2019 (750ml)
Price: $76.00
| Producer | Sadie Family Wines |
| Country | South Africa |
| Varietal | Tinta Barocca |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 167562 |
| Size | 750ml |
For twenty years Eden 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 Eden Sadie himself. There is a strong pioneering spirit here. No compromises are made in the pursuit of making honest wines of quality.
Tim Atkin: 96 Points
"The greatest grape for the Swartland," says Eben Sadie of Tinta Barocca, unconcerned that no one seems to agree with him. Treinspoor can be hard to like in its youth, but not in 2019. Yes, it has grunt and density, but it's also savoury, aromatic and perfumed, like a cross between a Nebbiolo and northern Rhone Syrah, all tar, liquorice, blackberry, charcuterie and racy, refreshing acidity. 2023-35
Vinous: 93 Points
The 2019 Treinspoor 80% whole-cluster Tinta Barocca matured in old foudre presents a crisp well-defined bouquet of blackberry briar and wild fennel scents gaining intensity all the time in the glass. The palate is very
