Le Riche, David & Nadia and Restless River
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 22 April 2025
David & Nadia
About the SessionDavid & Nadia Sadie’s thrilling, terroir-driven Swartland wines have shown incredible elegance, concentration and consistency over the past two decades.
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David & Nadia is a family owned Swartland Winery who have quickly become one of the best white wine producers in South Africa. Made from a single vineyard planted in 1985 in very shallow shale soils on the Paardeberg. This "hill of shale", as the name suggests, is surrounded by granite-rich soils, making it quite a unique vineyard site. Since 2020 the "Skaliekop" block has been a certified heritage vineyard.
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Younger of the single-vineyards (1985), on a shale ('skalie') site; also bunch pressed, minimal intervention, only older oak. 2015 true to 2014 (94 pts) debut in its attractive ferrous character, silky and harmonious palate, exquisite soft, saline conclusion hinting at tangerine pith.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2017, 4.5* (93 pts)
'Like Hoë-Steen, this is another single barrel Chenin from the Sadies, although Skaliekop comes entirely from the Paardebosch farm and is grown on richer soils. The result is a denser, more textured wine, showing favours of banana bread and pear, a drizzle of honey and a taut, structured finish.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2016, 95/100
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