Norval Foundation Benefit Auction 2022

Live Virtual Auction, 8 December 2022

Norval Foundation Benefit Auction 2022
About the Session

Strauss & Co is delighted to once again join forces with the Norval Foundation in showcasing an outstanding selection of fully donated artworks, bespoke experiences and fine wine to be sold to benefit Norval Foundation and their Education Programme. We invite patrons of Norval Foundation and Strauss & Co clients to lend their support to this worthy cause.

The money raised by the auction will contribute to the museum’s future education programme and facilities, as well as the ongoing exhibitions programme that focuses primarily on making art available to people of all backgrounds.


Sold for

ZAR 23 450
Lot 3
  • Sadie Family; Skurfberg; 2020; 6 (1 x 6); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 500 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450

About this Item

2020 Skurfberg
6 (1 x 6) 750ml

Produced from a now-famous, +-85-year-old dryland chenin vineyard on the Skurfberg mountain, this special wine forms part of Sadie's Old Vine Series (Ouwingerdreeks). Only 400 cases were produced and it is one of South Africa's most sought-after whites.

Notes

Kindly donated by Skotnes Restaurant at the Norval Foundation.

Critics Ratings

'"The easiest wine we make", says Eben Sadie of this delicious single block Chenin Blanc from Basie van Lill's grapes. "We don't have to do anything to it." He's being modest, but this is a terroir wine that follows the brilliance of the 2019 release. Rich, textured and focused, with citrus, pine and beeswax notes, thrilling minerality and focus and the faintest whisper of large wooden foudres. Grippy, tannic and monumental. 2023-30.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2021, 99/100

'Another drought-induced limited crop from these three Chenin blocks in Olifants River - 2020's stunning quality compensates. Tightly built and with great intensity, the ripe peach and tropical flavours soar, carried with agility on racy acid backbone. Demands time.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2022, 5* (96 pts)

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