Sadie Family, Palladius Swartland Vintage:2016 The wine proceeds to open

The wine proceeds to open and blossom before your nose

but its day will come

pencil shavings and forest floor

leather and spice lead to a core of cherry and strawberry fruit

earth and plenty of floral elements

Sadie Family, Palladius Swartland Vintage:2016 The wine proceeds to openThis inspired wine is the product of 10 different varieties grown on three main soil types in the Paardeberg, granite, gravel & sandstone. The grapes are pressed and run off into clay amphorae & concrete eggs, where they are vinified and then aged for 12 months. The wine then spends another 12 months in old oak foudres. It creates a savoury, pithy, waxy and saline blend, with vibrant acidity and great balance. There's some textural grip to the green