2023 Thief in the night
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The Savage Wines 2023 Grenache Thief in the Night is blended with 11% Cinsault from a vineyard across the road from the Grenache. Fruit is picked slightly riper at this bush-vine vineyard on sandstone soils at 650 meters above sea level. Both varietals have a small percentage of whole cluster, and the wine is quite fragrant with rose hip tea, blue fruits, plum and spice. The idea is not to force too much extraction, and aging is done in egg and large-format oak. I love those end notes of spice and violets.
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Neal Martin
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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The 2023 Thief in the Night, mainly Grenache mixed with Cinsault from Piekenhierskloof, includes around 10-20% whole bunch. It actually comes from a vineyard shared with Eben Sadie that goes into his Soldaart. This has a forward, generous bouquet with pure redcurrant, wild strawberry and touches of brown spice. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy, silky tannins, lightly spiced with white pepper. It glides on the finish, but perhaps it’s a little short.