2013 Vintage
Timed Online Auction, 6 - 13 March 2023
2013 Vintage theme
About the SessionJust 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
About this Item
The De Grendel farm, situated on the slopes of Tygerberg Hill, dates back to 1720 with the first owner Claas Meyboom. In 1891, Dawie Graaff, the mayor of Cape Town, bought De Grendel farm and it has been in the Graaff family ever since. The first De Grendel wines were made in 2003 from the Graham Beck cellars and, in 2004, De Grendel opened their own wine cellars. With their 330 hectares of land, the Graaff family has a respect for nature and the environment. De Grendel is a member of the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI), is a carbon-negative farm, uses solar energy and follows water wise principles. In addition to wine farming the estate also does dairy farming.
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'Grapes from Paarl and Stellenbosch. Matured for 13 months in one-third new American oak, one-third new French and one-third older French oak barrels. Red and black berries, flowers, fynbos, pepper and other spice on the nose while the palate is full but balanced – a dense core of fruit, bright acidity and crunchy tannins. Still youthful and full of personality.'- WineMag.co.za 2013 Vintage report (March 2023), 93/100
'Whiffs of white pepper over densely concentrated blue berry fruit, 2013 strongly built but supple, packed with accessible flavour; good line of acidity, wonderfully dry finish. 20% new oak, half American. 95% Paarl grapes, as for 2012.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2016, 4.5*
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