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Badenhorst Family Wines

Badenhorst Family Wines Secateurs Chenin Blanc

Badenhorst Family Wines Secateurs Chenin Blanc

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Secateurs is the entry point to Adi Badenhorst's world, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's a simple wine.

Made in Swartland, one of the most exciting wine regions in South Africa, it comes from a patchwork of old bush-vine vineyards planted on decomposed granite soils around the Paardeberg. Many of the vines are decades old, dry-farmed, and forced to dig deep into the soil for water, producing fruit with far more concentration and character than you'd normally expect at this price.

Adi Badenhorst was one of the winemakers who helped put Swartland on the map. While much of South Africa spent years chasing polished international styles, he looked back towards old vineyards, minimal intervention, and wines that reflected their landscape. Secateurs is probably the clearest expression of that philosophy.

The wine spends time on its lees in a mixture of old casks, large oak vats, and concrete tanks, giving it a texture that's surprisingly serious. There's plenty of peach, pear, citrus, and honeyed fruit, but what really stands out is the combination of richness and freshness. It feels broad and generous without ever becoming heavy, with a stony, almost salty edge running through the finish.

What keeps people coming back to Secateurs year after year is that it overdelivers. It drinks like a wine that should cost considerably more, offering a glimpse into the old-vine Swartland style that has made Badenhorst one of South Africa's most respected producers.

A bottle that regularly ends up in blind tastings looking very comfortable beside wines twice the price.

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Tasting Notes

White Peach, Pear, Honeycomb and Crushed Granite

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Badenhorst Family Wines

Style: Winery

Country: South Africa

Region: Swartland, Western Cape

Few producers have done more to shape modern South African wine than Adi Badenhorst. When he and his cousin Hein bought Kalmoesfontein, an old farm on the Paardeberg in Swartland, they inherited neglected vineyards, a crumbling cellar and a region that was still largely flying under the radar. Rather than starting from scratch, they restored what was already there. Old bush vines, traditional cellar equipment and a style of farming that relied more on observation than intervention became the foundation of the project.

The timing turned out to be perfect. Swartland was beginning to emerge as one of the most exciting wine regions in the Southern Hemisphere, attracting growers interested in dry farming, old vineyards and wines with a stronger sense of place. Badenhorst quickly became one of the leading names in that movement, helping to establish the region's reputation alongside producers such as Sadie and Mullineux.

What makes the wines so compelling is their connection to the landscape. The farm is home to a remarkable collection of old bush vines, many planted in the 1950s and 1960s, growing without irrigation on ancient granite soils. Chenin Blanc is at the heart of the estate, but Grenache, Cinsault, Shiraz, Roussanne and a host of other Mediterranean varieties all play important roles. The dry climate, poor soils and low yields produce wines with concentration and character, but also an energy that stops them becoming heavy.

The range itself is unusually broad. Secateurs has become one of the wine world's great overachievers, delivering serious quality at everyday drinking prices, while the Family Wines bottlings showcase the depth and complexity that Swartland can achieve. Alongside these sit a collection of single-vineyard and small-production wines that have earned near-cult status among collectors and sommeliers.

Despite the acclaim, there remains something refreshingly unpolished about Badenhorst. The wines feel rooted in farming rather than branding. They're generous without being flashy, distinctive without trying to be different for the sake of it, and unmistakably South African. If you want to understand why Swartland became one of the most talked-about wine regions of the last twenty years, this is a very good place to start.