The 2025 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction

Live Virtual Auction, 3 - 4 October 2025

The 2025 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is a Live (in-person) and Online Auction held on Friday, 3 October from 12:30 - 20:00 and Saturday, 4 October from 09:00 - 15:00 at the Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West.

Session 2 | Saturday, 04 October from 09:00 - 15:00

Current Bid

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Lot 401
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Thorne & Daughters; Sand Castles; 2024; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
VAT is charged on both hammer & premium for daggered lots
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 20 000
Location
Wine Storage
Delivery
Delivery within South Africa included
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About this Item

2024 Sand Castles
36 (6 x 6) 750ml

69% Sémillon, 31% Sauvignon Blanc

Wine of Origin: Olifantsrivier and Swartland
Winemaker: John Seccombe

This wine is John's first CWG Auction wine. The wine marries John's fascination with classic, Old-World wines and the wildness of our dryland Paardeberg Sémillon and Skurfberg Sauvignon Blanc vineyards in the Western Cape. The 2024 vintage gave us the ripeness and concentration we could use as a backbone for this elegant and intricate wine. Meticulous and minimalist winemaking allowed for complexity and age-worthiness over stark, primary fruit.

Tasting Notes: Notes of ripe yellow fruit, struck match, oak spice and saline elements on the nose. The wine is dense, voluminous and layered on the palate without carrying unnecessary weight.

Ready for drinking from 2026 – 2036.

Bottle Size: 750ml
Case Size: 6 x 750ml
Total Cases Produced: 100
Quantity of Cases for Auction: 50

Alc: 13.4 vol%
RS: 2.1 g/l
TA: 6.1 g/l
pH: 3.15

This wine is packed in a wooden box.

Notes

Friday, 03 October Session
Lot 145: 12 bottles
Lot 146: 12 bottles
Lot 147: 12 bottles
Lot 148: 12 bottles
Lot 149: 36 bottles
Lot 150: 36 bottles
Lot 151: 36 bottles
Lot 152: 36 bottles

Saturday, 04 October Session
Lot 397: 12 bottles
Lot 398: 12 bottles
Lot 399: 12 bottles
Lot 400: 36 bottles
Lot 401: 36 bottles

View all Thorne & Daughters CWG lots for sale in this auction