Badenhorst Secateurs Red Blend 2021
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Peppery, spicy and exhibit ripe red fruit notes. The palate texture of this style of wine is supple, smooth on the entry but with enough grip and freshness to finish dry and refreshing.
Blend: 50% Shiraz, 25% Grenache, 25% Cinsault
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Made from a blend of 50% Shiraz, 25% Grenache and 25% Cinsault, the 2021 Secateurs Red Blend is softly reductive with a sincere and focused expression that bursts with ripe red fruits and subtle spice tones. Medium-bodied, the palate offers sensations of potpourri before compressing tannins grip the gumline. The wine ends with a lip-smacking, red-fruited, spicy and lingering finish that punches above its weight class.
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The property is owned by the dynamic and good-looking cousins Hein and Adi Badenhorst. They are originally from Constantia. Their grandfather was the farm manager of Groot Constantia for 46 years. Their fathers were born there and farmed together in Constantia, during the days when people still ate fresh vegetables and Hanepoot grapes, drank Cinsault and there were a lot less traffic lights and hippies still had a presence. Together these two have restored a neglected cellar on the farm that was last used in the 1930s to make natural wines in the traditional manner.
With bold fruit flavors and accents of sweet spice, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre form the base of the classic Rhône Red Blend, while Carignan, Cinsault and Counoise often come in to play. Though they originated from France’s southern Rhône Valley, with some creative interpretation, Rhône blends have also become popular in other countries. Somm Secret—Putting their own local spin on the Rhône Red Blend, those from Priorat often include Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. In California, it is not uncommon to see Petite Sirah make an appearance.
Literally meaning "the black land," Swartland takes its name from the endangered, indigenous "renosterbos" (translating to rhino bush), which used to be plentiful enough to turn the entire landscape a dark color certain during times of year. The district, attracting some of the most adventurous and least interventionist winemakers, excels in robust and full-bodied reds as well as quality fortified wines.