"Enticing, with black cherry and blackberry fruit racing along, underscored by light brambly grip, hints of dried anise and black tea notes. A sleek iron detail cuts through the finish, leaving a…

For twenty years Eden Sadie has been working in South Africa's rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs.

96 points Tim Atkin MW 2020 The greatest grape for the Swartland," says Eben Sadie of Tinta Barocca, unconcerned that no one seems to agree with him. Treinspoor can be hard to like in its youth, but…

97 Vm / 95 Wa / 94 We. The 2021 Pofadder is pure Cinsault with 40% whole clusters, aged in oak foudres for 12 months. It has an open and expressive nose with wild strawberry and raspberry scents,…

96 points Tim Atkin 2020 MW Skerpioen is quite a place: a wind-swept, seashore vineyard with sand and limestone soils that makes one of the Cape's most distinctive whites. Produced from co-planted…

For twenty years Eden Sadie has been working in South Africa's rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs.

For twenty years Eden Sadie has been working in South Africa's rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs.

For twenty years Eben Sadie has been working in South Africa's rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs.

Eben Sadie is considered one of the great visionaries and preservationists among South African winemakers. He is outspoken about his obsession with terroir and making sure the Swartland region is…

100 points Tim Atkin Mw 2020 A one-hudred-point white? From South Africa? I can almost hear the tutting and clucking from here. But I defy anyone to taste this monumental wine, preferably among a…

96 pts Tim Atkin MW 2021 "We're doing an enormous amount of work in the vineyard to recuperate it," says Eben Sadie of his beloved Tinta Barocca, "and trying to extract less in the winery." Showing…

96 pts Tim Atkin MW 2021 Like Soldaat, Pofadder was fermented with fewer whole bunches in 2020, giving the wine more fruit purity and focus. Beautifully framed and complete, it's an old-vine Cinsault…

99 pts Tim Atkin MW 2021 The easiest wine we make", says Eben Sadie of this delicious single block Chenin Blanc from Basie van Lill's grapes. "We don't have to do anything to it." He's being modest,…

For twenty years Eben Sadie has been working in South Africa's rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs.

For twenty years Eden Sadie has been working in South Africa's rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs.

For twenty years Eden Sadie has been working in South Africa's rugged Swartland seeking to find isolated vineyards of old bush vines and unique terroirs.

96 points Tim Atkin MW 2020 2019 delivered the "smallest ever" crop of Soldaat, according to Eben Sadie, but the low yields didn't result in an over-concentrated wine. Quite the contrary, in fact.…