The 2024 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction

Live Virtual Auction, 4 - 5 October 2024

Session 2 | Saturday, 05 October from 10:00 - 17:00

Sold for

ZAR 67 000
Lot 275
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2023; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2023; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2023; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2023; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2023; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2023; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2023; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 45 000 - 70 000
VAT is charged on both hammer & premium for daggered lots
Selling Price
ZAR 67 000
Location
Wine Storage

About this Item

2023 Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon
24 (4 x 6) 750ml

“A good wine to everyone is a great wine to no one. And that, for me, is the essence of what I am trying to achieve behind my Cape Winemakers Guild Auction wines: wines that are rare, wines that can provoke your thoughts, your feelings, your emotions.” - Andrea Mullineux

100% Sémillon

Wine of Origin: Swartland
Winemaker: Andrea Mullineux

South Africa’s pre-phylloxera winemaking tradition, accounting for 40% of all plantings in the early 1800s. With only a few parcels of Sémillon Gris left today, this particular vineyard was established in 1960 on the granite slopes of the Paardeberg and is a living legacy of this historic variety. To preserve its heritage, we took cuttings which underwent a meticulous ten-year re-propagation process through a nursery and subsequently planted the country’s first official Sémillon Gris vineyard on Roundstone, our regenerative organic estate in the Swartland.

Tasting Notes:
“Un bel dì, vedremo levarsi un fil di fumo
sull’estremo confin del mare E poi la nave appare.”

“Un bel dì vedremo” from Puccini’s opera “Madama Butterfly” expresses emotions of hope, anticipation, and determination to wait faithfully despite the passage of time and the challenges faced. I see this echoed in our demonstration of devotion to South Africa’s viticultural heritage through the preservation and official propagation of Sémillon Gris.

Bottle Size: 750ml
Case Size: 6 x 750ml
Total Cases Produced: 45
Quantity of Cases for Auction: 24

Alc: 13.31 vol%
RS: 2.0 g/l
TA: 6.7 g/l
pH: 3.3

This wine is packed in a wooden box.

Notes

Friday, 04 October Session
Lot 17: 12 bottles
Lot 18: 12 bottles
Lot 19: 12 bottles
Lot 20: 24 bottles

Saturday, 05 October Session
Lot 273: 12 bottles
Lot 274: 12 bottles
Lot 275: 24 bottles
Lot 276: 36 bottles

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