Sadie Family, Palladius Swartland Vintage:2016 complex and impressively long finish

complex and impressively long finish

but its day will come

Like the 2006

earth and plenty of floral elements

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

Sadie Family, Palladius Swartland Vintage:2016 complex and impressively long finishThis 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