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
Thorne & Daughters Wines was started in 2012 by John and Tasha Seccombe with the aim to produce authentic wines in the beautiful Western Cape. John works with grapes from all over the Cape and seems to have a particularly refined aesthetic when it comes to winemaking. His Thorne and Daughters family concern is truly pushing the boundaries with old vines and simple, natural winemaking.
Clairette Blanche is another variety that has a long history of producing wine and brandy in the Western Cape, but now seldom sees a bottling under its own name. Man in the Moon is one of Thorne & Daughters more “left-field”wines.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
‘One of few SA wines from the variety, 2017 is fresh, delicately light (under 12% alcohol) and bone-dry; subtle aroma and flavour (salt-preserved lemon, suggests the winemaker) and gently severe, grippy succulence. Old oak maturation, like all.’ – Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2019, 4.5*
‘This 1,200-bottle lot used to go into the Rocking Horse blend but was bottled separately in 2017. It’s a varietal Clairette Blanche - rare in the Cape - showing quince and fresh pasty flavours with a salty, almost umami like note. 2019-25.’ – Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2018, 94/100
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