2021 Thorne & Daughters, `Wanderer’s Heart` Cape Red Blend
£24.00
“Wanderer’s Heart is what John Seccombe describes as a “moving target”, with different grape percentages from year to year. This 2021 is Syrah-based with 54% Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre and Carignan, combining grapes from Bot River and Breedekloof. Sappy, perfumed and red-fruited, with pepper and aromatic herb top notes, stony intensity and savoury tannins.”
93 Points, Tim Atkin MW
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Product Description
Thorne & Daughters are widely acknowledged to be a key figure in South Africa’s ‘New Wave’ wine movement. Since 2013, John and Tasha Thorne-Seccombe have been producing innovative wines sourced from selected growers across the Western Cape. In the early 2000s, winemaking took the couple around the world, and they spent a few years in the UK, where John studied viticulture at Plumpton College while working part-time at Majestic Wines and Ridgeview. Back in South Africa, a happy encounter with two similarly trailblazing young winemakers, Chris Alheit and Peter-Allan Finlayson, helped lay the foundations for the first vintage of Thorne & Daughters. John and Tasha shared a small cellar with Chris and Peter-Allan until they moved to rented cellar space at Gabriëlskloof, where the wines are made today.
The ‘Wanderer’s Heart’ is Thorne & Daughters’ Cape red blend, comprising Grenache Noir, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Carignan. The resulting wine is layered with a brilliant lightness of touch, displaying cool-fruit and bright red berry perfumes
Additional Information
| ABV | 14% |
|---|---|
| Bottle Size | Bottle 75cl |
| Colour | Red |
| Country | South Africa |
| Critic Score | 93/100 |
| Drink until | 2031 |
| Style | Still |
| Sweetness | Dry |
| Vintage | 2021 |
