AA Badenhorst Family Wines
SK'Windtjiesvlei 2018
Cape Heritage
About the SessionA selection of South Africa’s finest wines, inspired by our rich wine heritage and the unique character of the Cape Winelands. Chenin Blanc is celebrated for its remarkable versatility, producing an exceptional range of wine styles, particularly in South Africa, home to the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in the world. These historic vineyards continue to produce wines of great diversity, elegance, and ageing potential. The Pinotage selection showcases leading producers, all of whom have become consistent flag bearers for this proudly South African variety.
LOT 87
AA Badenhorst Family Wines
SK'Windtjiesvlei 2018
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About this Item
SK'Windtjiesvlei is AA Badenhorst's single-variety Tinta Barocca, sourced from old dry-farmed bushvines on the Kalmoesfontein farm in the Swartland, vinified with whole-bunch fermentation in open-top vessels and aged in large old oak casks. A grape Adi Badenhorst has described as combining Nebbiolo's structure with Shiraz's fruit, Tinta Barocca in the right hands produces a wine of formidable savoury character and distinctly structured depth. The 2018 vintage in the Swartland drew extraordinary concentration from these well-established dryland vines.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
‘Easier to drink than it is to spell, let alone pronounce for a non-Afrikaans speaker, this Tinta Barocca is purchased as grapes from a neighbouring farm. Opaque, tannic and typically spicy, rich and brooding, it has flavours of damson, fig and liquorice and some added texture from 10% stems. 2022-30’ - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2019, 93/100
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