Young Guns
Online-Only Auction, 17 - 28 November 2022
Young Guns | For the classicists and the geeks alike, an incredible collection
About the SessionWhat 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.
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About this Item
Paserene is a small, family operated winery owned by Martin Smith and Ndabe Mareda, the sole purpose of which is to produce high-end, luxury wines. Great care was given to ensure that the wines produced, and artwork on the labels, are truly authentic to its “sense of place and people” and will guarantee a lasting legacy. The name Paserene comes from the Latin word Passeriformes, the order of "traveling and free" birds containing swifts and swallows. Paserene is situated in the quaint town of Franschhoek and is home to their award-winning wine range.
This lot consists of the following wines:
Paserene Chardonnay 2013 - 2015
Paserene Marathon 2013 - 2014
Critics Ratings
Chardonnay 2013
'Paserene is made by Martin Smith, the winemaker at Vilafonté, under his own label, from purchased grapes. Unfiltered, complex and rich, with 100% malolactic fermentation and some lees stirring adding extra weight, it shows notes of cream, pear, vanilla spice and the acidity you expect from Elgin fruit.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2015, 92/100
Chardonnay 2015
'Stellar 2015, like 2014, from Elgin fruit; alluring aromas of yellow stonefruit, honey and kumquat; classically structured, with bright acidity balancing mid-palate richness, extending the fine mineral finish. Expertly executed oaking, 30% new French.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2018, 5* (95 pts)
Marathon 2013
'2013 field blend has improved in bottle. Has similar mulberry and plum fruit, lingering berry finish rounding out fine-grained tannins from 16 months in barrel (30% new) as last edition’s tank sample, with extra violet and jasmine complexity.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2016, 4.5*
Marathon 2014
'Perhaps uniquely in SA, blends Carmenère and Petit Verdot - to voluptuous effect in 2014: luscious ripe plum and violet hints, impressively smooth tannins, with oak spice and mineral nuances. Philadelphia and Stellenbosch fruit, naturally fermented, 30% new wood.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2017, 4.5*
Marathon 2015
'Striking combo Petit Verdot and Cabernet (51/42), splash rare-in-SA Carmenère, 2015 purple-inky hue, intense cassis, mulberry and blueberry fruits nuanced with lead pencil on nose, spice and meat on palate. Firm tannin approachable now but for cellaring, too. Stellenbosch and Philadelphia fruit.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2018, 4.5* (93 pts)
'Deep crimson. Dark and savoury on the palate, the oak is there and seems to add a touch of char but there’s a rocky character that enhances the freshness. Dry, chewy tannins and a savoury dark finish. Serious, compact, long. Needs time in bottle.’ – Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17+/20 (Oct 2017)
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