Badenhorst, Secateurs Red Blend, 2024 so120523_bordeaux A smart way into serious

A smart way into serious Gevrey

There’s a little toast from extended lees aging

herb-flecked core

more immediately charming wine

This Extra Brut receives no malolactic fermentation and employs only natural yeast fermentation in stainless steel to preserve pure terroir expression

Badenhorst, Secateurs Red Blend, 2024 so120523_bordeaux A smart way into seriousFrom Adi Badenhorst's old vine playground in South Africa's Swartland comes the red counterpart to his beloved Secateurs Chenin. This is a Rhone inspired blend built around Shiraz with the granite soil character of the Paardeberg foothills baked right in. Adi farms gnarly old bush vines and works with a light hand in the cellar, so the wine comes across as juicy, peppery, and honest rather than heavy or polished. It's the everyday red the Swartland