The 2023 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction

Live Virtual Auction, 6 - 7 October 2023

Cape Winemakers Guild Saturday, 7 October

Sold for

ZAR 90 000
Lot 201
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2022; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2022; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2022; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2022; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2022; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2022; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml
  • Mullineux; Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon; 2022; 36 (6 x 6); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 42 000
VAT is charged on both hammer & premium for daggered lots
Selling Price
ZAR 90 000

About this Item

2022 Swartland 'The Gris' Old Vines Sémillon
36 (6 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

• Sémillon Gris is considered a South African phenomenon and this wine has gained an international following for its quality and rarity.
• In the mid-1800s, 40% of all vineyards in South Africa were Sémillon Gris, but now only a few exist.
• This vineyard was planted in 1960 on the granite slopes of the Paardeberg.
• We took cuttings from this vineyard and spent 10 years repropagating them through a nursery, and have replanted the country’s first official, legally recognized Sémillon Gris on our regenerative organically farmed vineyard, Roundstone.

“O siyeza, o siyeza , sizofika webaba noma
O siyeza, o siyeza, siyagudla lomhlaba
Siyawela ngapheshaya kulezontaba ezimnyama
Lapha sobheka phansi konke ukuhlupheka”

This wine represents a transition from the past to the future, as does the metaphor of transformation represented in the lyrics of Johnny Clegg & Savuka's powerful "O Siyeza".

Bottle Size: 750 ml
Case Size: 6 x 750 ml
Total Cases Produced: 41
Quantity of Cases for Auction: 26

Alc: 14.02 vol%
RS: 3.3 g/l
TA: 6.4 g/l
pH: 3.23

Notes

Friday, 06 October Session
Lot 21: 12 bottles
Lot 22: 12 bottles
Lot 23: 12 bottles
Lot 24: 24 bottles

Saturday, 07 October Session
Lot 198: 12 bottles
Lot 199: 24 bottles
Lot 200: 24 bottles
Lot 201: 36 bottles

Provenance

Wine of Origin: Swartland
Winemaker: Andrea Mullineux

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