Red Wine
Agiorgitiko, Alicante Bouschet, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache, Pinotage, Trousseau
Sustainable
Residual Sugar: 2.00 g/l
Full Bodied
750ml
14.00% alc./vol

Sadie Family Wines Sonvang Red W.O Swartland 2024

Special Offer: Sadie Family Wines,

Swartland, South Africa

96 Points - James Suckling
95 Points - Vinous Media

$116.95per bottle ($701.70per case)
6 bottles per case

Fragrant & Exotic

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Founded by visionary winemaker Eben Sadie, Sadie Family Wines is a leading South African estate built on the philosophy that winemaking begins with responsible agriculture and a deep relationship with the land. Based in the Swartland, the domaine is committed to farming practices that prioritize long-term environmental stewardship, sustainability, and respect for terroir.

The estate farms approximately 51 hectares, including 24 hectares of its own vineyards alongside additional parcels cultivated by the Sadie team. Yields are intentionally kept low to ensure concentration and quality. Guided by the belief that great wine emerges from a close relationship between soil, climate, vines, and people, Sadie Family Wines has earned international recognition for producing expressive, terroir-driven wines that capture the character of South Africa’s vineyards while maintaining a strong commitment to responsible farming and environmental stewardship.

The concept behind Sonvang comes from the establishment of a single vineyard planted with forward-looking grape varieties, selected for their resilience in the face of future climate change. At the same time, the site’s diverse mix of varieties and vineyard dynamics is intended to build complexity through their interaction, reflecting the philosophy that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The maiden vintage shows Mediterranean rosemary and wild herbal notes layered with bright red fruit. Youthful and slightly reductive on release, the wine is structured by powdery, firm tannins and vibrant acidity, giving it elegance, balance, and impressive length, with clear potential to develop further in bottle.

About the Winery

A to Z Wineworks

A to Z Wineworks was started in 2002 by Oregon wine industry veterans: Deb Hatcher (Eyrie), Bill Hatcher (Domaine Drouhin Oregon), Sam Tannahill (Archery Summit) and Cheryl Francis (Chehalem). Recognition has mounted for A to Z wines as offering dependable quality for great value and this continues today making A to Z the top-selling Oregon wine brand. A to Z Oregon Pinot Noir has twice been named to Wine Spectator's Top 100 wines of the year. In May 2014, A to Z Wineworks certified as a B Corp subsequently being named as a 'Best for the World B Corp' five years in a row.

Sadie Family Wines

Founded by visionary winemaker Eben Sadie, Sadie Family Wines is widely regarded as a benchmark producer of South Africa’s Swartland region. From the outset, the estate has been driven by a singular mission: to express the Cape’s most distinctive old vineyards and soils through minimal intervention and profound respect for nature.

Working with some of the oldest bush vines in the Swartland and surrounding coastal regions, Sadie Family Wines focuses on dry-farmed parcels rooted in granite, schist, sandstone, and iron-rich soils. These venerable vineyards—many planted decades ago—form the foundation of wines that are layered, textural, and deeply reflective of place.

Farming is organic in practice, guided by biodiversity and soil health, while cellar work is intentionally restrained. Native fermentations, gentle handling, and patient élevage allow each site to speak clearly, without artifice. The philosophy is simple: great wine begins in great vineyards.

The portfolio spans both the celebrated Old Vine Series and signature blends, each bottling telling the story of a specific site, soil, and vine age. The wines are known for their purity, structure, and remarkable aging potential, earning Sadie Family Wines international acclaim as a standard-bearer for modern South African fine wine.

At its heart, Sadie Family Wines is a study in authenticity—where heritage vineyards, thoughtful farming, and quiet winemaking converge to articulate the true voice of the Swartland.

Press Reviews

James Suckling

96 Points - Claire Nesbitt, Deputy Tasting Editor

This intriguing, aromatic red has aromas of smoked paprika, black currants, bell peppers, licorice, rosemary and Sichuan peppercorns. Some prickly pear, too. It’s vibrant, exotic and crunchy, medium- to full-bodied, with tight and fine tannins. Wild, spicy and powerful, but refined. A field blend of 12 co-planted varietals from a vineyard planted in 2019. The first bottling of this forward-looking wine. Drink or hold.

Vinous Media

95 Points - Neal Martin

The maiden 2024 Sonvang, a field blend of varieties in Eben Sadie's nursery, certainly has one of the more exotic and out-there aromatics with scents of red fruit, hickory, struck flint...something almost volcanic about this. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant dark berry fruit, touches of white pepper, Provençal herbs and black truffle. Wonderfully balanced, granular in texture, with instant grip on the persistent finish. This is an outstanding debut.

Drinking Window: 2027 - 2048