Sadie Family Pofadder 2017 Bottle:12 Extremely fine and long

Extremely fine and long

where greedy winemakers hunger to craft not just wine

The John Walker & Sons Odyssey is a rare triple malt that was inspired by epic journeys

through selectiveand skilful blending it brings together theyouthful fruit aromas of young wines and thefine balance and mellowness achievedthrough maturation in oak casks

in which the wine undergoes a secondary fermentation in stainless steel tanks to produce its characteristic clean finish

Sadie Family Pofadder 2017 Bottle:12 Extremely fine and longWe picked the Cinsaut grapes in the Pofadder vineyard quite early and the result is a wine with an ultra bright red fruit spectrum, almost like pomegranate seeds; and the fruit is very lifted in the glass. The tannins are still tight, steely even crispy and granular, and the fruit is very much like the day we picked the grapes, therefore the wine still needs more time to develop in the bottle or in the glass, where it develops some spicy aromatics