Sadie Family Swartland ‘Treinspoor’ Tinta Barocca 2023

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Sadie Family Swartland ‘Treinspoor’ Tinta Barocca 2023Old Vine Series. Its a Swartland thing, notes Sadie of Tinta Barocca (the South African spelling has only one r and two cs). This variety arrived in South Africa from the Douro and has found an opportune home in the Western Cape. Historically, Tinta das Baroccas (as it was once labelled) has played a prominent role in Swartlands red blends, and interest in the varietyparticularly from old, dry grown vineyardshas spiked in recent years. This vineyard,

but best from 2022

mineral-driven and bright with citrus and white peach

90 proof (45% ABV) • 95% rye

precise and salty-crystalline yet highly refined and even mouth-filling Auslese with utterly balanced finesse yet also tight grip and tension

First made from the 1999 harvest

The subsoil is also heavy and marked by layers of limestone that help circulate water

The 2018 Barolo Ravera is a wine of real depth and vertical structure

and vines that are on average 37 years of age

The structure is firm yet flexible

He is the nephew of the legendary Marcel Lapierre

It has a particularly pleasing 'mineral' character to it

It’s a seriously good wine