The Agnes Chardonnay is named after our Great Grandmother, Agnes Floyd, who arrived in South Africa at the tender age of 14. Sturdy in build and character, she is reputed to be the first lady to have had a driver's licence in the city of Cape Town. This multiple vineyard blend is made to reflect the resilience and strength of…
Vineyard Notes: The fruit for our GRANITE Syrah hails from bush vines planted in the decomposed Granitic soils of the Paardeberg. This wine has become our Single Terroir red most synonymous with gorgeous perfumed aromas, freshness and length. Production Notes: Whole bunches were put into open top 500L French oak barrels and foot stomped to release some juice. Fermentation with…
‘Porseleinberg is one of the greatest Syrah sites in the southern hemisphere. The vines are still young, but this brutal vineyard produces wines of incredible intensity and focus.’ – Tim Atkin MW
NOTES | Over the past 5 years Palladius has been the wine that grew the most in quality and refinement and much of this has to do with the addition of more vineyards and the improvement of their viticulture. Currently of all our wines, the Palladius, with 17 vineyards, obviously represents the biggest canvas of the Swartland.
At the outset of a pre-release tasting of his 2025 wines, Duncan Savage observes, “The market’s tight. I’m so happy I didn’t follow the trend to go aspirational R1,000 a bottle.” He goes on to describe 2025 as “a vintage where the stars aligned”, and the wines bear this out: Savage’s range has always been strong, but the 2025s deliver…
A big thanks to the team at Savage and in particular long time assistant winemaker Banele Vakele who will be leaving us to grow his own brand Tembela. We wish Banele all the best and will keep you posted on the new venture he and I are embarking on as partners.
We continue to operate from our city home in Salt River developing and farming parcels of vines in various locations around the Western Cape. Fortunately for us, all the hard work in the vineyards, especially mulching, paid off and we saw the rest of the season yielding some incredible fruit. It was definitely a winemaker's vintage, fruit needed to be…
A big thanks to the team at Savage and in particular long time assistant winemaker Banele Vakele who will be leaving us to grow his own brand Tembela. We wish Banele all the best and will keep you posted on the new venture he and I are embarking on as partners.
Thamnus wines originate in a remote corner of the Overberg, South Africa, where renowned wine regions converge. In close proximity to Walker Bay and overlooking the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, the vineyards benefit from exceptional wine-growing conditions found only here. Our unique terroir also nurtures the rare mountain rose, Orothamnus Zeyheri for which our wines are named. The vineyards traverse North-facing slopes…
Thamnus wines originate in a remote corner of the Overberg, South Africa, where renowned wine regions converge. In close proximity to Walker Bay and overlooking the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, the vineyards benefit from exceptional wine-growing conditions found only here. Our unique terroir also nurtures the rare mountain rose, Orothamnus Zeyheri for which our wines are named. The vineyards traverse North-facing slopes…
Grapes were sourced from the incredible ward of Lower Duivenshokriver situated between Riversdale, Vermaaklikheid and Heidelberg - within the Cape South Coast region. Limestone soils, cool mean ripening temperatures and only 10km from the ocean - creates a beautiful, mineral Chardonnay. The grapes were harvested in the 3rd week of Feb, partly whole bunch pressed and partly crushed, fermented naturally…
