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
David and Rita Trafford discovered the future Sijnn land while on holiday in Malgas in 2000. The soil and landscape reminded them of Portugal and they were immediately intrigued. A purchase agreement and more than 200 soil profiles later, approximately ten hectares of vines were planted and the name Sijnn Wines was appropriated to the venture – fittingly so as the word 'sijnn' is derived from the Khoisan word meaning riverbank. Today Sijnn Wines has become well known for our interesting and bold choices of cultivars and award-winning blends.
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‘2011 intrigues as a warm-climate grape in cooler area - it responds with elegance and freshness. Flowers, wild sage and liquorice; lithe and resilient, but mouthwatering ripe tannin.’ - Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2014
'Touriga Nacional is generally regarded as a fortified wine grape in the Cape, partly because it tends to be planted in warmer areas. But David Trafford has coaxed a remarkable dry red out of this most aristocratic of Portuguese grapes, with acidity, perfume and savoury spice all reflecting the wine’s cooler climate origins in Malgas.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2014, 93/100
'Ripe, pure and focused, with a lovely beam of cassis and plum sauce guiding the anise, iron and violet notes. The finely beaded acidity is very well-integrated, showing a lovely stony tug through the finish.' - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, 91/100 (May 2014)
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