Cape Heritage and The Loire
Timed Online Auction, 1 - 12 August 2024
Cape Heritage - White Wines
About the SessionThe Cape Heritage White Wine Session features the noble variety, Chenin Blanc, known for its versatility and fruit intensity. South Africa has the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in the world and produces long-aging, diverse and fine wines.
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When one considers the long list of acclaim and reputation built from releasing top quality wines, vintage after vintage, from their restored 220 year old cellar on Paardebosch farm on the slopes of the Paardeberg in the Swartland, it's hard to imagine that David & Nadia Sadie established this brand as recent as 2010 only. The wines are characteristically fine and elegant, expressive of the places they come from. The focus lies on a spectrum of organic, old and dry land bush vine vineyards from different areas with different soil types throughout the Swartland, farmed by like-minded people. Considered one of the 'young guns' during the fine wine revolution of the Swartland, David's wines are now considered among the best in the region and beyond.
Made from fifty-year-old vines, in minute quantities in the Western Swartland, it carries the Certified Heritage Vineyards seal. Hoë-Steen’s unique character, purity and presence has seen it gain critical acclaim across the world.
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Critics Ratings
‘Quite dusty and restrained, intense, concentrated textural balance with superb depth. Fresh and piquant, powerful yet regal showing elegance with fleshy concentration, pineapple pastille nuances and a structured acid frame. Very impressive indeed. Everything and more you could hope for from one of South Africa’s Grand Crus of Chenin Blanc.’ – Greg Sherwood MW, 97+/100 (Jun 2019)
‘Bone dry with a chalky texture. Quite racy. This opened out in the glass. Lots of grip and undertow. Savoury wine – very different from a simple sweet expression.’ – Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Aug 2018)
‘Off 50 year old bushvines with unusually tall shoots, hence ‘High Chenin’, this typically richer than single-vineyard sibling. 2015 as refined as 2014 (96 pts), similar restrained pear & wet wool aromas, intense bruised apple flavours with harmonious length, extraordinary presence.’ - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2017, 5*
'Complex, leesy and subtle with real style. Classic spicy oak lingers deliciously, giving lovely focus and balance to a splendid frame. Wax and pear on a long, tapering finish. Swartland at its best.' - Tim Atkin MW, Decanter.com, 98/100
'An alluring, earthy, waxy note: a definite terroir-driven feel to the wine. Aromas and flavours leap out of the glass with pinpoint detail, with tart apple freshness and great length. Very classy.’ – Greg Sherwood MW, Decanter.com, 98/100
‘The 2015 Hoe-Steen Chenin Blanc is a single-vineyard bottling from 48-year-old vines. It has a perfumed bouquet with yellow flowers, hazelnut and light touches of apricot blossom. The palate is very well balanced with very attractive stone fruit notes, a touch of sour lemon and lemongrass, leading to a tightly wound finish with very good salinity.’ – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 91/100 (Apr 2017)
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