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Sauvignon Blanc Snakes & Ladders, Thorne & Daughters 2024

Tasting Notes

A wine for people who find many Cape Sauvignon Blancs predictable and boring, this uses grapes from the Visser and Van Lill families, who own two of the best farms on the West Coast. Naturally fermented in old oak, with minimal sulphur additions, it has texture and focus, sea breeze and seaweed aromas and a palate of salted olives, lime and pink grapefruit.

95
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, October 2025

This is a savory and compact white, offering aromas of beeswax, chamomile, pear skins, dried herbs and grapefruit. It’s creamy, textured and full-bodied, with a salty, savory character. Excellent density and length. Not your typical sauvignon blanc! Drink now or hold.

94
Claire Nesbitt, JamesSuckling.com, August 2025
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