Young Guns
Online-Only Auction, 17 - 28 November 2022
Young Guns | For the classicists and the geeks alike, an incredible collection
About the SessionWhat is a Young Gun?
A talented winemaker who pushes the boundaries, breaks the rules and creates cutting-edge wines with personality and energy. Young Guns either work, or have worked for notable estates, but also produce unique wines under their own labels. They are dynamic, working together in pushing the envelope and promoting brand SA. They are the winemakers who should be on your radar as they are making some of the most daring, innovative, and simply delicious wines in SA. They travel and taste extensively, drawing inspiration from the classics through to the more edgy, hip styles and techniques, from the profound and obscure wine regions of the world. And then they apply their own creative interpretations on home soil, often searching for unique vineyard sites, cultivars and old vines. The results are most often small in numbers and high in demand, selling out on release. They are the rising stars, the future icons and ultimately, tomorrow’s investment wines.
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About this Item
Duncan Savage, a trailblazing winemaker, produces some of SA’s most sought-after wines. They are something of a contradiction; ‘savage’ in their essence of minimal intervention winemaking, but utterly sophisticated in their elegance, drinkability and poise. Every year his following grows, with some of these wines reaching a cult-like status. He sources grapes from across the Western Cape winelands and his cellars are based in Salt River.
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Critics Ratings
'Grenache, Cinsaut, Syrah (as formerly in Follow The Line). 2017 ex Piekenierskloof showcases delicious layers of pure, dark, spicy concentration, with a nip of tannin. Elegance & freshness for immediate & future pleasure. 70% bunch ferment; old oak matured. Unfined.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2019, 4.5* (93 pts)
'Duncan Savage is well recognized as one of the unofficial/official leaders of the Zoo Cru, a collective of like-minded winemakers focusing on wines of place. He seeks and sources sustainably-farmed cool climate vineyards from across the Cape for his low-interventionist, namesake wines. From the isolated, steep Piekenierskloof, this blend of Grenache (from Soldaat vineyard), Cinsault, and Syrah was 70% whole cluster, and aged for 9 months in large old foudre. Pouring a slightly hazy garnet, alluring darker florals lead directly into wild raspberry, morello cherry, and bright juicy plum. Layers of mineral salts and pink pepper infiltrates the pure fruit, while fine, long tannins hold this linear, slight red in place to a lingering finish. This was the inaugural vintage of this alluring, characterful red blend; serious, yet smashable.' - Dr Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak, 94/100 (Jun 2020)
'The Grenache in this blend with Cinsault and Syrah used to go into Follow The Line but is now part of an all-Piekenierskloof new wine, picked on the same day. Sappy, refreshing and floral, it has fine tannins, nuanced oak and palate-cleansing acidity. 2020-26.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2018, 94/100
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