Young Guns

Online-Only Auction, 17 - 28 November 2022

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About the Session

What is a Young Gun?

A talented winemaker who pushes the boundaries, breaks the rules and creates cutting-edge wines with personality and energy. Young Guns either work, or have worked for notable estates, but also produce unique wines under their own labels. They are dynamic, working together in pushing the envelope and promoting brand SA. They are the winemakers who should be on your radar as they are making some of the most daring, innovative, and simply delicious wines in SA. They travel and taste extensively, drawing inspiration from the classics through to the more edgy, hip styles and techniques, from the profound and obscure wine regions of the world. And then they apply their own creative interpretations on home soil, often searching for unique vineyard sites, cultivars and old vines. The results are most often small in numbers and high in demand, selling out on release. They are the rising stars, the future icons and ultimately, tomorrow’s investment wines.


Sold for

ZAR 2 932
Lot 31
  • Lelie van Saron; Chardonnay; 2017; 6 (1 x 6); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 500 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 932

About this Item

Chardonnay, 2017
6 (1 x 6) 750ml

Winemaker Natasha Williams has been a part of the team at Bosman Family Vineyards since 2014. Lelie Van Saron is Natasha's own label which she started after spending time abroad completing harvests. The name pays homage to her hometown Saron (near Tulbagh) and the lily that represents a universal symbol of purity and humility, and this is reflected in her winemaking philosophy. Her range currently focuses on Chardonnay from the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.

Critics Ratings

‘Deftly balances lime and orange fruit with oak character ex ferment/16 months in 225/300L barrels. 2017 beautifully dry, with a stony minerality, shows real elegance and restraint (just 13% alcohol). Bunch pressed and wild fermented. Also in magnum.’ – Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2020, 4.5* (91 pts)

‘This is really impressive. It’s concentrated and rich, with meal, toast and spice notes, as well as lots of fruit. The oak is very well integrated and the fruit is in the pear and white peach spectrum, with lovely complexity. There’s richness and also seriousness here at the same time. A superb wine that’s been honestly made, showing the potential of Hemel-en-Aarde with Chardonnay.’ – Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak, 94/100 (Mar 2020)

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