Savage Wines 'Salt River' Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Duncan spent 14 years cutting his teeth as winemaker at Cape Point Vineyards, creating profound, saline Sauvignon Blancs from true coastal sites. He produced his first vintage under his own label in 2011. Since then, he has developed a reputation for his thrilling, pure and age-worthy wines made in his urban cellar in Salt River.
Working with coastal and high-elevation single sites across the Western Cape, in the winery Duncan follows the simple mantra: “do as little as possible, as much as you can”, to preserve the purest expression of place.
The ‘Salt River’ Sauvignon Blanc, sourced from five vineyards across Stellenbosch, is an excellent introduction to the Savage style and a wine which consistently overdelivers. A 38-year-old, bush-vine vineyard on the slopes of the Bottelary Hills forms the core of the blend, while coastal sites and vineyards on decomposed granite in the Polkadraai Hills lend tension and a fine backbone of acidity. Fermented in a combination of stainless-steel tanks, concrete eggs and old barrels, this is a layered and textured Sauvignon with notes of orange blossom, salted lime and sea spray.
