Luddite Saboteur Red 2014
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This is a salute to the Saboteurs! The anarchists. The revolutionaries. To those who break the rules and defy the status quo. The craftsmen. The artists. The pioneers. Those who do not bow down and conform; nor blindly accept. Those whose passion bleeds through their art. The pioneers who forge ahead with insight, wisdom and vision, challenging the norm and questioning convention. Those who are driven by their knowledge and their belief in a better way. Those who stand up to be counted! Luddites, fight your cause, provoke, remonstrate, interrogate. Be true to yourselves, your art, your craft. Lead the way. Unite! - Saluez le Saboteurs!
Blend: 77% Shiraz, 19% Mourvedre, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon
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Neils Verburg blends this with shiraz (77 percent) and Mourvedre at his estate in the Bot River Valley, adding four percent Cabernet Sauvignon from a vineyard in Walker Bay. It's intriguing in how the wine transforms what in some Cape reds reads as ashy tannins, presented here as something more akin to the charry edges of meat roasted on a spit. It's brash, but it's also juicy and clean, the black fruit flavors cooled by a mineral edge of wet rock. Match its intensity with thick-cut lamb chops off the grill... or spit-roasted boat.
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1995 saw the Verburg family return to South Africa from Europe. Niels had worked as a flying winemaker in France, Chili, New Zealand and Australia, and even managed to make wine in Greece. A longing to work on a small farm led them to Bot River. After 8 vintages at Beaumont, they moved up the hill to a 16 hectare patch of land.
Thirty years later, with three kids and six dogs, the Verburgs are happy on their hill, and Luddite wines has evolved into an established and respected brand.