The Sadie Family wines 'Treinspoor' 2023 Red Swartland Tinta Barocca

The Sadie Family wines 'Treinspoor' 2023 Red Swartland Tinta Barocca
Tinta Barocca is a grape that carries the soil into the bottle, it is a great
communicator of terroir. The grape has had a longstanding relationship with the
Swartland and the spicy herbal aromatics and dark purple plum like fruit carries over
into a very tight and compressed core of the wine. As mentioned before the tannins of
Tinta Barocca have very much the same behaviour as those of Nebbiolo and proper
ageing is required.
Historically we have referenced that Tinta Barocca might be the most significant red
variety of the historical plantings to transport the terroir and typicity of a site to bottle.
The 2023 Treinspoor is textbook in its display of darker blueberry, spicey and herbal
aromas with graphite aromas. The tannins are present in volumes, but as is the case
throughout the 2023 wines, they are incredibly smooth and rounded. The purity in this
wine and the focused fruit purity make for a very serious wine with many layers and
textures. Please afford this wine time, for it comes with ownership.