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
Thistle and Weed was created in 2015 by Fairview winemaker Stephanie Wiid and Delheim viticulturist Etienne Terblanche. These Young Gunners first burst onto the scene with their maiden-release 2016 Thistle & Weed Duwweltjie Chenin Blanc which garnered a Platter’s 5 star. They produce artisan wines, focusing primarily on Chenin Blanc, and their grapes are sourced from organic and responsibly farmed vineyards from different parts of the Cape.
Inspired and named after the Duwweltjies, or Devil's thorns (Tribulus terrestris) growing in the vineyard that cling to the soles of your shoes —reminders of paths travelled and those yet to be explored. This Chenin Blanc is sourced from a heritage bush vine vineyard, planted in 1956, on the north-western tip of the Muldersvlei bowl in Paarl.
Critics Ratings
‘Amazing purity and focus on 2019. From 60 year old Paarl Chenin, showing great depth, length and complexity, yet retaining elegance and poise. Bunch pressed, French barrel fermented (225, 300 and 500L), 10 months on lees. An icon in the making.’ - Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2021, 5* (96 pts)
'Stephanie Wiid and Etienne Terblanche have made their best-ever range of wines in 2019. This stunning Chenin hails from a heritage block planted in 1961. Beautifully balanced and poised, it has cream, aniseed and beeswax flavours underpinned by zip, minerality and
saline citrus fruit. 2021-27.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2020, 94/100
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