2013 Vintage

Timed Online Auction, 6 - 13 March 2023

2013 Vintage theme
About the Session

Just how well do modern-era South African wines perform as they get older ? One of the most important measures of great wine is that it should be age-worthy, that is it should become more pleasurable and more interesting to drink with time in the bottle.
To view the WineMag.co.za 10-Year-Old-Report 2023 please visit. https://winemag.co.za/wine/best/10-year-old


Sold for

ZAR 5 277
Lot 1
  • AA Badenhorst; Family Red; 2013; 6 (1 x 6); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 277

About this Item

2013 Family Red
6 (1 x 6) 750ml

Considered among the new age icons responsible for the Swartland’s success, and a driving force behind the Swartland Revolution, Adi Badenhorst was one of the first to really believe in the area and purchased Kalmoesfontein back in 2008 with his cousin Hein. Over the last decade, 41 hectares of old vines, the oldest planted back in 1952, have been farmed back to glory. They practice biological farming and make natural wines in the traditional manner.

Provenance

Wine Cellar Private Client

Critics Ratings

‘Broadly styled 2015 from 100% whole-bunch fruit delivers clean black-berried fruit interspersed with strawberry whiffs then leather, spice, perfume and pepper. Lovely pliable tannins, gorgeous silky texture. Mainly Shiraz, with Grenache, Cinsaut and Tinta Barocca.’ – Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2018, 4.5* (94/100)

‘The family red doesn’t contain as many varieties as the white, but it’s still an intriguing quartet of mostly Shiraz with Grenache, Cinsaut and Tinta Barocca, combining grip with texture, perfume with savoury, sappy, summer pudding fruit flavours.’ – Tim Atkin SA Special Report 2017, 93/100

View all AA Badenhorst lots for sale in this auction