2021 The Sadie Family 'Old Vine Series - Treinspoor' Tinta Barocca Swartland

Winemaker Notes: 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.

This 2021 Treinspoor displays some spicy, mineral, earthy aromas that transverse to deeper graphite, slate and shades of blackcurrant. The wine’s volume of tannins and textures is a trademark of this site, and this 2021 is just a classic wine. Tinta Barocca has a big temperament and needs big temperament 

CRITICAL ACCLAIM


Vinous - "The 2021 Treinspoor is Sadie's Tinta Barocca that the man himself likens to Nebbiolo, also opining that it is a wine that needs considerable ageing. These vines were planted in 1974, and the blend includes 40% whole clusters. It has a complex, succinctly defined bouquet with melted tar and graphite infused dark red berry fruit, a hint of Lapsant Souchong. The palate is medium-bodied with plant tannins, perfectly-tuned acidity, almost Burgundian in texture yet with more pepperiness towards the finish. So elegant and harmonious-this is stunning from every angle you look at it."


Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "Made from Tinto Barocca, the 2021 Old Vine Series Treinspoor is instantly impressive in the glass with a fresh frame of dark red fruits that sways with just-ripe plum and dark cherry skin essences. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is muscular with a gripping tannic edge that reveals devastating beauty and picturesque, spiced plum and dusty florals across the mid-palate. The wine loosens and uncoils as it sits in the mouth before ending with a fresh, fruited, slightly spicy finish that lingers with a tight graphite sensation."