Sadie Family 'Columella' Shiraz Blend 2022
Regular price $386.00
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- TASTING NOTE: “This is the lightest bodied Columella ever, according to Eben Sadie, but he's not lost any concentration or intensity at the lower alcohol level. Sourced from 12 different vineyards, seven of which are on the Paardeberg, this features components from slate, gravel, granite and sandstone soils and is a brilliant vintage of one of the world's greatest reds. Partnering Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache, Carignan, Cinsault, Tinta Barocca and Pinotage, this is an almost indecently perfumed cuvée with lilac, fynbos and rose petal aromas, plum, red cherry and blackberry fruit, subtle 5% new wood and a focused, grippy, stony finish. Wonderful stuff.” 99 points, Tim Atkin MW, South Africa Report 2024
- ABOUT THE WINE: First released in 2000, Columella is Sadie’s most famous wine. The 2022 is a blend of one-quarter Syrah, with the remainder a blend of Mourvèdre, Grenache, Carignan, Tinta Barocca and Cinsault. Most of the fruit is destemmed, although an increasing percentage of bunches are used each year. The grapes go into a huge open fermenter for an average of three weeks on skins before being basket-pressed into primarily old French oak barrels (less than 5% new). After a year on lees, the wine is racked into seasoned oval casks (foudres) for further maturation on the fine lees. The wine is then bottled without fining or filtration.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Visionary grower-producer Eben Sadie founded the estate in 1999 in South Africa’s Swartland region. Sadie is a regional pioneer in site-specific bottlings. The estate covers 30 hectares of vines across more than 50 plots throughout the surrounding area, covering almost 400 kilometres. Approximately 10 hectares are estate-owned, with the balance not owned but under the viticultural control of the Sadie family. Farming is organic, yields are very low, vine age can reach 100 years old, and all plots are dry-farmed at high elevations on varied soils from granite to chalk to sandstone and clay. Next to no new wood is used, extractions are gentle, and vinification takes place mostly in concrete, with a handful of eggs and large-format wood in play. Varieties include Cinsault, Grenache, Tinta Barocca, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Palomino, Chenin Blanc, Semillon, Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Colombard and Semillon Gris. The range includes the signature Columella and Palladius wines–blends of varieties and sites–and single-site District Series wines.
- COUNTRY: South Africa
- REGION: Swartland
- VARIETAL: 25% Syrah, with the remainder a blend of Mourvèdre, Grenache, Carignan, Tinta Barocca and Cinsault
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Eben Sadie
- CLASSIFICATION: Organic Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
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