"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…

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…

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…

Eben Saide could be South Africa's best winemaker. That probably makes him the best winemaker you've never heard of. Let that injustice be no.

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 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…

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…

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,…

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 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.…

Sadie Family Soldaat 2022 available at Tribeca Wine Merchants in New York, NY

Sadie Family Kokerboom 2022 available at Tribeca Wine Merchants in New York, NY

Sadie Family Kokerboom (Sémillon) Swartland Old Vine 2021 | Sémillon from Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa

97 points Tim Atkin MW 2020 Another Sadie Family wine that lost half of its crop to the growing season in 2019, Kokerboom is part of a stunning array of whites from Eben Sadie this year. Made with…