De Trafford Straw Wine 2009 375ml

6 x Half (37.5cl)

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£133.78

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Colour
White
Vintage
2009
Producer
De Trafford
Country
SOUTH AFRICA
Region
STELLENBOSCH
Alcohol
10.09%
Product code
13DET90H2009
Availability
16 cases

Tasting Notes

Attractive deep yellow gold colour. Great intensity and sweetness. Dried apricot, nuts, honey and burnt treacle. The palate is intensely sweet yet not cloying, fresh and lively yet richly oxidative with a long clean and complex finish.

Producer Information

Self-taught winemaker and former architect David Trafford's small but stellar production is regularly cited as being among the Cape's very best. David's winemaking philosophy is deceptively simple: to make the best possible wine he can whilst retaining a sense of place. To do this he embraces Stellenbosch's warm, sunny climate and rich, clay soils, noting that his vines are not planted on "the shagged out alluvial plains of the Medoc with their miserable climate". The wines tend to agree with him. They have rich fruit and a juicy ripeness but they are crisply pressed and structured too. His ability to blend New World innovation and Old World methodology can perhaps be best seen in his sweet Straw Wine, which has quickly become one of the Cape's most fiercely sought after wines.