Rhône Theme
Timed Online Auction, 2 - 12 February 2024
Rhône | International & South African offering
About the SessionThe first sale of the 2024 Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auction calendar is an exciting Rhône valley and Rhône-style offering and has fast-become one of the most popular at Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auctions.
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About this Item
Sons of Sugarland wines are produced by Young Gun, Reenen Borman of Boschkloof and Patasfontein wines. Reenen is possibly our finest new-generation winemaker at present and his latest releases are just epic. Reenen's accomplished hand and ever-increasing skills are especially impressive considering his young age. Sons of Sugarland is known for it's sought-after Syrah, with the Barbera being a new addition to the label.
This unique wine is made from an old single vineyard situated 250m above sea level in the Polkadraai Hills of Stellenbosch. This area is renowned for its amazing granite soils. Today it is one of South Africa’s greatest Syrah’s.
Winemakers personal tasting note:
'Very northern Rhone in style with fragrant blue fruit and black pepper spice. Beautifully balanced on the palate with ripe, concentrated fruit, soft tannins and a long savoury finish.' - Reenen Borman
Critics Ratings
‘No oaking on outstanding, best-yet 2018 - just cement vessels for 11 months. From a single Polkadraai Hills vineyard. Pure and precise, almost ethereal, yet with a fine sensual richness of fruit and dry spice, and firm structure. Even more impressive than 2017 (4.5 stars, 94 pts).’ - Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2020, 5* (97/100)
'100% whole-bunch fermented and aged in concrete with no oak used at all, this 2018 Syrah is certainly a profound wine marked by its incredible perfume and aromatic complexity. Dark and inky in colour, the nose boasts seductive notes of violets, sweet jasmine, sappy crushed leaves, wood smoke and polished sandalwood that combine with promising aromas of asphalt, melted tar, black olives, cured meats and luscious black berry fruits. The palate is beautifully trim and toned with perfect proportions and silky, elegant savoury tannins that hark back to some of the finest Côte Rôties of the Northern Rhône. Medium bodied and seamlessly harmonious in texture, this wine finishes with notes of graphite, black currant herbal tea and crushed blueberries dusted with roughly ground black peppercorn spice. Classical Stellenbosch Syrah delivered with incredible precision, purity and subtlety. A true wine of beauty and thoroughly delicious. Drink now and over the next 8 to 10+ years.' - Greg Sherwood MW, A Fine Wine Safari, 96/100 (Jan 2020)
‘Beautifully scented, peppery, peony, dark fruit, light stemmy herbal freshness. Chewy, chalky tannins add to the mouth-watering freshness. So juicy without being simple. Deliciously dry texture. Both refined and full of lively pleasure.’ – Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Sep 2019)
'If Epilogue is Reenen Borman's Hermitage, then Sons of Sugarland is his Crozes-Hermitage or Saint Joseph. Cement fermented and aged, with 100% whole bunches, it's a Syrah lover's Syrah, showing masses of colour, rosemary and thyme aromas, raspberry and blackberry fruit and wonderful energy and palate length. 2021-28.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2019, 93/100
Provenance
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