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Score 87/100 · Drink 2014-2017, Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, Oct 2014
The 2013 Old Vine Series Soldaat has a lucid cherry hue. The nose is earthy and dusty, green bell pepper aromas with damp clay. The palate is spicy on the entry with dry tannins. This is totally uncompromising with a terse, gritty, saline finish where I would have liked a little more flesh. There is always one member from Eben Sadie's Old Vine Series that does not "play ball" and this year it is the sulking Soldaat.
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87/100
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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Sadie Family
Since he started making wine under his own name in 2000, Eben Sadie became a cult name in South Africa. The Swartland producer is best known for his flagship Columella and Palladius, but he also makes a range of whites and reds under the Old Vine Series, which became the District Series in 2025.
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