The West Coast Just Got Wilder – Sakkie Mouton 2024 Releases Are Here
We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of two remarkable new releases from one of South Africa’s most electrifying young winemakers – Sakkie Mouton. His wines have become cult classics, known for their racy acidity, salty precision and West Coast soul. Now, with the arrival of the 2024 Dawn of the Salty Tongues Syrah and the 2024 Revenge of the Crayfish Chenin Blanc, the legend only grows stronger.
🦞 2024 Revenge of the Crayfish Chenin Blanc
WO Koekenaap | 13.41% ABV | Wine Safari Score: 98/100
Sakkie’s boldest Crayfish to date, and the first to undergo 100% malolactic fermentation. Rich and golden in the glass, this vintage offers exotic aromatics of dried apricot, pineapple, white peach and tangerine peel. The palate is explosive and intense – honeyed peaches, tart orchard fruit and salted caramel swirl together before the telltale maritime salinity peeks through. This is a wine of power, presence and poise– a serious white that’s already being hailed as a statement wine by Greg Sherwood MW.
🌊 2024 Dawn of the Salty Tongues Syrah
WO Olifants Rivier | 12.86% ABV | Wine Safari Score: 96/100
The third red from Sakkie – and his most expressive yet. Harvested from 26-year-old vines just 25km from the icy Atlantic, this coastal Syrah bursts with violets, pomegranate, black cherry, and blood orange. There’s a thrilling savoury edge – seaweed, rare meat, nori – wrapped in plush tannins and vibrant Weskus acidity. Elegant, vivid and piercingly pure, this is a red that speaks fluently in the dialect of the salty tongues it’s named after.
These are tiny production wines with a fast-growing following – if you know, you know. And if you don’t yet… now’s the time.
The 2024 Vintage
Sakkie Mouton Family Wines
Sakkie Mouton Family Wines
Revenge of the Crayfish 2024
100% Chenin Blanc, Koekenaap
£ 42.98
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98 Points – Greg Sherwood MW
“The 2024 Crayfish Chenin Blanc is a very impressive creation boasting a rich, golden bronzed yellow hue in the glass. In this vintage, Sakkie seems to have shifted to a higher gear with a far more elaborate peacock’s tail array of exotic aromatics. Noticeably richer and more intense, there are layers of dried apricot, white peach, pineapple, and green apple with top notes of white blossom and tangerine citrus peel. The pithy pineappley fruit intensity does initially mask some of the maritime salinity and gravelly minerality but linger over your glass a little longer and these Weskus hallmarks eventually reveal themselves. The palate shows incredible depth and explosive intensity, fleshy and broad with lashings of tangy yellow orchard fruits, tart pineapple chunks, peaches in honey, salted caramel, and crystallised green apple on the finish. I don’t know if Sakkie has discovered a few new tricks in the cellar or if the vintage has played into his hands with graceful precision, but I suspect it’s a combination of both. This is undoubtedly a statement wine, a wine that demands attention and then delivers in bucket loads. The slight hint of added exoticism definitely suits Sakkie’s winemaking style! I am simply blown away by this new release! Drink now to 2035+.” – Greg Sherwood MW.
Sakkie Mouton Family Wines
Dawn of the Salty Tongues 2024
100% Syrah, Olifants Rivier
£ 44.99
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96 Points – Greg Sherwood MW
“The Salty Tongues Syrah 2024 is a 100% Syrah red made from grapes sourced from vineyards in Vredendal located 25 kilometres from the West Coast Atlantic Ocean that were picked early morning to preserve freshness before being destemmed, with 30% of whole bunches lining the bottom of the open top fermenters. After fermentation, the wine was aged for 12 months in 500 litre barrels before being bottled unfiltered and unfined. Planted in 1999, these 26-year-old vineyards are starting to yield some incredible quality with striking aromatics of pressed violets and lavender, bramble berries and pomegranate before hints of black cherry, blood oranges, nori seaweed and bloody raw meat develop. This 2024 shows more dry extract, more substance, and more depth of fruit and oak spice than either of the previous two vintages. With incredible elegance, vivacious tangy acids and a silky plush depth, the palate never loses its mouthwatering red and black berry Weskus salinity that gently melts away into a concentrated, intense, piercing finish. This is a beautifully crafted red wine from Sakkie. Drink on release and over the next 8 to 10 years.” – Greg Sherwood MW.
