Alheit Vineyards | Sadie Family Wines | Vilafonté
Live Virtual Auction, 10 October 2021
Fine Wine
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Palladius is the Sadie family's signature white wine, a pure expression of the Swartland that is produced from 10 local and Rhône white varieties. Palladius is named after the Roman author who continued Columella's work and is today one of SA's most highly regarded white wines.
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'Pioneering Swartland blend, ±40% Viognier, with Chenin, Chardonnay, and Grenache Blanc. '05 most elegant yet, still rich and succulent, with mineral and tannic elements, lingering finish. Flourishes of peach/apricot, citrus over earthy bass-notes. Powerful, but big alcohol in satin-textured balance, with 3.7g/l sugar imperceptible in savoury acidity. 18 months French oak, 40% new. Like fine 04, it should mature a few years at least. Unfined and unfiltered.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2007, 4.5*
'Deeper gold than the 2007. More honeyed though still something cedary. Lanolin and honey and yet still so utterly fresh. Again, there's something Portuguese here (reminds me of Encruzado). Deep and fine grained and complex and long. Great concentration and still so much more to come.' - Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, 18/20 (Oct 2012)
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