2023 ベリー・ブラザーズ&ラッド、スワートランド・ホワイト、サディ・ファミリー
私たちのオウン・セレクションに新たに加わったスワートランド・ホワイトにおいて、伝説的な造り手エベン・サディと再び協業できることを大変うれしく思っています。エベンはこの10年で、目覚ましい品質を誇る新たな畑を数多く植樹してきました。将来的には、これら若樹のブドウは彼自身のシグネチャー・ワインに用いられる予定ですが、現在はスワートランド・レッドおよびスワートランド・ホワイトにおいて、私たちのためだけに特別に取り組んでくれています。
2023年は、このスワートランド・ホワイトにとって2度目のヴィンテージとなります。香りは非常に美しく、繊細なレモンやカモミールの花、イエローアップルに、やや酸味を帯びた白桃のニュアンスが重なります。口当たりは見事で、ふくよかなイエローアップルの風味が幾層にも広がり、川原の石を思わせるピュアなミネラル感がそれを引き立てます。余韻は長く、黄色いプラムの核を思わせる、澄みきった印象で締めくくられます。
Catriona Felstead MW, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd
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Colour
White -
Sweetness
Dry -
Vintage
2023 -
Alcohol
13% -
Maturity
十分に飲み頃 -
Grape
Chenin Blanc -
Body
Full Bodied -
Producer
The Sadie Family
I bought the very first vintage of Eben Sadie’s Columella the 2000) from UK wine supremos Richards Walford, and we made a lot of fuss about this era-changing South African red wine on the wine list at Bibendum Restaurant. This led to a meeting with its creator, and it gave me a stunning insight into Eben’s mercurial mind. This was truly privileged access to a period that many believe set the scene for the top-end of the modern South African wine industry. The similarities between Aimé Guibert and Eben Sadie are countless, as are the differences, but either way, they have both had a profound impact on my palate and the second I tasted this incredible white blend an overwhelming sense of nostalgia coupled with wonderful, twenty-year-old flashbacks starting fireworks in my brain. Made from a ridiculously complex blend of Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Palomino, Vermentino, Assyrtiko, Marsanne, Roussanne, Grillo, Cinsault Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Piquepoul Blanc and Colombard, in the absence of Mas de Daumas white, this wine is the filmic negative of my star red wine, and yes, it is also brain-busting value for money! My tasting note reads, ‘Elite St-Joseph Blanc careens into an old vine-soaked Cape white blend, resulting in a mesmerising amalgam of honeysuckle, stone fruit, invigorating pith and zesty bitterness.’ And that is not even the half of it. This is another unmissable wine. Drink 2024 - 2027
Berry Bros joined forces with stellar South African winemaker Eben Sadie last year to produce its own-label Swartland red and white. This second white vintage is astonishing value for money. A complex blend of 13 varieties—including Chenin Blanc, Palomino, Assyrtiko, Roussanne, and Grillo—it delivers a terrific presence on the textured palate. Elegant and layered with notes of chamomile, fresh apple, stone fruit, and lemon pith, all underpinned by a stony minerality with such purity and energy, it is a complete show-stopper of a wine. Drink 2024 - 2027