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2007 A.A. Badenhorst Red Wine Swartland
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2007 A.A. Badenhorst Red Wine Swartland

Producer: A.A. Badenhorst
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Rhone Blend
Origin: South Africa
Region: South Africa

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2011

(80% shiraz, 10% mourvedre, 7% cinsault and 3% grenache):  Bright, deep red-ruby.  Enticing aromas of blackberry, raspberry, pepper, black olive and game.  Supple, lush and broad but with a light touch and a restrained sweetness to the flavors of raspberry and smoke.  Fine-grained, classically dry wine with lovely tension and subtle spice character.  Spreads out nicely on the supple back end.  A bit Cote-Rotie-like.

91 Points | Wine Spectator

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South Africa has produced wines in the area of Cape Town since the 17th century, but the country's significant place in the U.S. market is far more recent. During the era of apartheid, trade sanctions imposed on imports from South Africa kept these wines out of the U.S. and many other markets, with the effect that local South African winemakers had little incentive to produce wines that could compete in a global setting...
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