{"id":7033,"date":"2013-04-02T17:41:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T17:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=7033"},"modified":"2013-04-02T17:41:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T17:41:44","slug":"savage-wines-a-new-star-in-the-south-african-wine-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/south-africa\/savage-wines-a-new-star-in-the-south-african-wine-scene","title":{"rendered":"Savage Wines, a new star in the South African wine scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMGP6828.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7038\" title=\"Duncan savage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMGP6828.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMGP6828.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMGP6828-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMGP6828-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMGP6828-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got to know Duncan Savage a bit over the last few years. He&#8217;s the winemaker at Cape Point wines, where he has been doing superb work for quite a while, fashioning incredible white wines from some striking vineyards.<\/p>\n<p>Now he&#8217;s launching his own label, known simply as Savage Wines. It&#8217;s a great releif to me that the wines are totally brilliant, because it&#8217;s never easy giving a mate a duff review!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Savage Red 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nA blend of 72% Shiraz, 21% Grenache, 7%Cinsaut.\u00a0Maritime and altitude fruit from a number of different sites, and under 13% alcohol. Amazing aromatics: fine cherries, pepper, spice. Very pure and elegant on the palate with silky texture. A lighter, more elegant red with an amazing mouthfeel and peppery finesse. 94\/100<\/p>\n<p><strong>Savage White 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nMaiden release from high-altitude vineyards near Villiersdorp.\u00a070% Sauvignon\/30% Semillon, fermented and aged in\u00a0100% French oak (500 and 600 litre barrels) for 10 months, 25%new, remainder 2nd\u00a0and 3rd\u00a0fill. Very fresh with grapefruit, spice and fennel notes. Fine with real sophistication and amazing precision. Currently taut and backward but with amazing potential for development. 94\/100<\/p>\n<p>Official launch is 17 April. Duncan is currently thinking about UK representation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got to know Duncan Savage a bit over the last few years. He&#8217;s the winemaker at Cape Point wines, where he has been doing superb work for quite a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[374],"class_list":["post-7033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7033"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7041,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7033\/revisions\/7041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}