2022 Snakes & Ladders Sauvignon Blanc, Thorne & Daughters, Citrusdal Mountain

2022 Snakes & Ladders Sauvignon Blanc, Thorne & Daughters, Citrusdal Mountain

A fascinating wine from the Citrusdal mountain, from the same farm as Eben Sadie's Skurfberg, and Chris Alheit's Magnetic North. This is ripe and intense, with incredible power. Notes of tangerine and guava, and then lots of focus and depth. This fills the palate: a serious Sauvignon Blanc, that blew us away.

Critic score
95/100 info
Pricing
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Case, 6 Bottles
In stock
£184.86
Bottle
In stock
£30.81

Wine details

  • Region & country
    South Africa
  • Maturity
    Ready 2024 - 2035info
  • Colour
    White
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    14%

Tasting notes

Now including grapes from Joshua Visser as well as the late Basie van Lill, this remains one of the Cape's great Sauvignon Blancs. A welcome antidote to some of the sweeter commercial styles, this is all about focus, texture and intensity, showing grapefruit, lime and passion fruit flavours and a steely, bone-dry finish. 2023-28

Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com (September 2023)
95/100

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