Deep ruby garnet. Bright cherry and dark berry on the nose with notes of white pepper, dried herbs, cloves and leather. Red berry and cherry follow on the palate with subtle vanilla oak. The finish is elegant and perfumed. Medium to full bodied with soft, supple tannins.
Country: South Africa Region: Western Cape Grapes: Shiraz and Grenache ABV: 14%
Food Match: Grilled and barbequed beef or game; pan roasted duck breast or hearty stews and braised meats.
Bolney Estate Classic Cuvée NV
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A fine, non vintage sparkling wine made from the classic Champagne varietals – 12% Chardonnay, 82% Pinot Noir, 6% Pinot Meunier. Delicate pink colour, on the nose it has floral and yeasty brioche notes combined with zesty apple and citrus fruit, fresh and clean with a soft mousse and a vibrant finish.
Intense floral and fruity bouquet. Fragrant notes of acacia and jasmine blossom woven with apple, yellow peach and citrus flowers. Rich, with a superb intensity and a fine acidity.
Country: Italy
Region: Cartizze hill
Grapes: Glera
ABV: 11%
Residual sugar: 18 - 22 g/l
Food Match: Perfect as a dessert wine, especially with pastries. It is also suggested with mild spicy Asian food.
Nestled in the heart of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG area, the Althea Winery is surrounded by beautiful Rive or hills which are recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Waterkloof BOREAS 2020
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Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, but BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.
Complex aromas of redcurrant, plum and red cherry with cedar and spice notes with a hint of pencil shaving. The predominance of Cabernet Franc gives a wine an elegance with lifted berry fruit and a supple, finely structured mid palate. Firm yet fine tannins frame the spicy, long finish.
Country : South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grape: Cabernet Franc 51%, Merlot 25%, Petit Verdot 14%
ABV: 14%
Food Match: Beef short rib, roast lamb or t-bone steak
'A serious, refined and age worthy Cabernet Franc-based South African red that is excellent value' - Jancis Robinson Feb 2024
Vignano Fratelli Fanucci Incantevole 2020
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Super star super Tuscan!
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Sangiovese. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
Organic
Gusbourne Brut Reserve Late Disgorged 2015
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Having spent atleast 67 months on the leese, this gorgeous English Sparkling is rich and complex with layers of yeasty notes such as toast, brioche and biscuits with hints of citrus and granny smith apple. If you like vintage Champagne, you will LOVE this!
Country: England
Region: Kent
Grapes:
37% Pinot Noir, 63% Chardonnay
ABV: 12%
Caruso Minini Bibbo Zibibbo 2023
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Pale, lemon yellow colour, fresh, light and zippy with an aromatic and herbal note. Aromas and characters of roses, red apples, citrus and white flowers.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Grapes: Zibibbo (Muscat D' Alexandria)
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Salads, seafood, fish, olives.
Jesús Madrazo Rioja Num.IV 2020
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Made only from a selection of the best grapes from organic vineyards. A rich and complex Rioja with a true sense of place; a serious and sophisticated wine that ages fantastically.
Special Limited parcel wine from talented young South African winemaker Izele Van Blerk. Drinking window 2024- 2035. Only 1000 bottles made!
Full-bodied, masculine and explosive with aromas of strawberries, red cherries and raspberries with hints of tobacco. The palate is focussed and precise with undertones of cloves, dried fig and leather. The grippy tannin structure and zippy acidity is well integrated and delivers an intense, bold, concentrated and long finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
Grapes: Tempranillo
ABV: 14.5%
Food Match: Enjoy on its own or with rack of lamb, barbecue grilled-meats.
Porseleinberg 2022
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Porseleinberg is the result of Marc Kent’s search for the best Syrah grapes, a journey that inevitably took him to the Swartland. It was here that Kent found an isolated and windswept wine farm perched atop the Porseleinberg mountain. The site is now recognised as one of the greatest Syrah vineyards in the world.
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
ABV: 13.9%
Grape: Syrah
Organic
Tim Atkin MW
Porseleinberg Syrah 2022
99 points
Produced in the teeth of what Callie Louw calls a "crazy year", with lots of winter rain and one of the hottest Januarys ever, this is the latest in a series of world-class Syrahs from the brilliant Callie Louw. Fermented and aged in foudres and 15% concrete, using the submerged cap technique that has transformed the style here, this has 95% whole bunches, fynbos and Mediterranean herb aromas, sculpted, detailed tannins and layers of plum, blackberry and raspberry and impressive freshness for a wine with a pH of 4.1. A refined wine from a brutal site.
Drinking 2025-40
Guerrieri Rizzardi Recioto di Soave 2020 375ml
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From a warm vintage, this wine displace beautiful aromatics with notes of guava and passion fruit paired with a wonderful freshness, which combined with its inherit intensity and complexity makes this a finely balanced, terroir focused, dry white.
Country: Italy
Region: Soave
Grapes: Garganega 70% and Chardonnay 30%
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Blue Cheese like Gonganzola or Dolcelatte
Allumea Mixed Case 6
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£65.70
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Perfect summer picnicking wine or great gift idea for an organic wine lover..
Contains:
3 x Allumea Organic Grillo Chardonnay
Straw yellow in colour with an elegant bouquet, reminiscent of pineapples and lemons. The palate shows hints of tropical fruit with a beautifully crisp acidity and a persistent finish. Only the best, handpicked, organically grown grapes are used to make this wine!
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Grapes: Grillo. Chardonnay
ABV: 12%
3 x Allumea Organic Nero D'Avola Merlot
Soft and velvety, bursting with dark berry and bitter cherry fruit characters.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
Grapes: Nero D'Avola, Merlot
ABV: 13.5%
Higher Plot Smith & Evans Vintage English Sparkling 2018
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This delicious English sparkling wine is pretty much equal quantities of Chardonnay , Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with 15% Reserve Wine from previous vintages going right back to 2010.
It was disgorged in late 2021 after four years on the lees. It still has plenty of room for development and will continue to improve for five or more years.
Country: England
Region: Langport, Somerset
Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
ABV: 12%
Cradle of Wine Tsinandali Kisi 2018
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Gorgeous aromas of orange blossom, with hints of nuttiness and candle wax. Concentrated, savoury, but fresh palate with an elderflower cordial and orange rind and mineral finish.
Country: Georgia
Region: Tsindali, Kakheti
Grapes: Kisi
ABV: 12%
Food Match: Great paired with flame grilled pork or hard, aged cheese such as parmesan or comté.
Read all about Penny's recent trip to the cradle of wine, Georgia in her blog here.
Hermanuspietersfontein Swartskaap 2019
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Swartskaap (‘black sheep’).
Country: South Africa
Region: Hemel en Aarde
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13.5
You’ve probably heard of the quaint beach town of Hermanus, situated on South Africa’s famous Whale Coast. Between 1855 and 1902, it was called Hermanuspietersfontein. In 1902, the local postmaster decided to shorten the name of the town to make addressing letters to the locals easier.
150 years later, the wine farm Hermanuspietersfontein, or HPF for short, craft outstanding wines with a serious sense of place. Their grapes come from Sondagskloof (they produce 90% of WO Sondagskloof wine), which competes with Elgin and the Ceres Plateau for South Africa’s coolest wine growing region. This area is perfectly suited to Bordeaux varietals and, with the exception of Shiraz, is exclusively planted with them. The Afrikaans wine names might look like a bit of a mouthful, but they are good fun; Bloos (‘blush’), Kaalvoet Meisie (‘barefoot girl’), Kat Met Die Houtbeen (‘cat with the wooden leg’), Posmeester (‘postmaster’), Kleinboet (‘little brother’) and Swartskaap (‘black sheep’).
Fernando de Castilla Antique Palo Cortado 50cl
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Truly awesome! The awesomeness of which will set any sherry aficionados taste buds trembling.
A fine rare wine, which combines the pure tangy nuttiness of Amontillado with the smooth smoky richness of Oloroso in an elegant complex style.
Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
ABV: 20%
Grapes: Palomino
Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla is located in the historic centre of Jerez. Its story began with the aristocratic Andrada-Vanderwilde family, who for two centuries provided grapes and wine for the production of sherry in the area. In 1972 Fernando Andrada-Vanderwilde took over some old sherry cellars and brandy soleras from a couple of local bodegas, and changed the name of the company from Fernando III to Fernando de Castilla.
Vuurberg White 2018
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Packed with rich, fresh stone fruit, white spice, green pepper/capsicum and minerality and keeps on giving with a core of stony acidity and a relentless finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Helshoogte Pass, Stellenbosch
Grapes: Viognier, Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Ferrando Carema Etichetta Bianca 2018
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Carema is high on the northern border of the alpine region Aosta in northern Piedmont. It is made of Nebbiolo grown on glacial soil in this high altitude region which creates powerful, perfumed wines with delicate fruit.
Luigi Ferrando's Carema white label, the Nebbiolo is fermented in steel tanks with a 10 day maceration. The wine then spends 30 months in oak barrels.
Elegant, spicy, fruity notes with fine aromas of dried flowers and roses. On the palate it has a round, tannic mouthfeel with warmth and minerals on the finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Alto Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13.5%
Tenuta di Trinoro "Le Cupole"2017/2020
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Intense nose, full of beautiful ripe fruit. Bold, mature and elegant, with excellent tannin structure and length. Very complex.
Quinta de Saes Tobias Branco is a low-intervention, floral and aromatic white from the Dão region, made entirely from the indigenous grape Cercial.
Country: Portugal
Region: Dão
Grapes: Cercial
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Crab linguine
Gattinara Riserva 2015 Marco Petterino
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Country: Italy
Region: Piemonte
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13.5%
Fleurie 'Abbaye Road' 2015 Marc Deliene
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Wow, we love this wine, and not just for it's pretty label! On the nose: creamy black cherry, wood smoke, dried rose petal, incense, wild spice. On the palate: seductive, lush, minerally, layered and complete, with a multidimensional core, considerable concentration and energy. This is a serious Beaujolais with the finesse and structure of a fine Burgundy.
Country: France
Region: Beaujolais
Grapes: Gamay
ABV: 13.5%
Food match: grilled Saucissons or roast Turkey
De Trafford Elevation 393 2014
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Deep red colour. Lifted aromas of fruitcake and tomato paste, cinnamon, cloves and smoky blackberry emerging too. Syrah spice complimenting the Bordeaux varietals and new oak component nicely integrated. Elegant dry tannin running with the complex spicy fruit from beginning to end of a long fine finish. Best 2023 to 2030.
Aromas of raspberries and sweet spice on the nose. Crunchy red fruit and juicy on the palate with supple tannins. Super easy drinking braai wine!
Country: South Africa
Region: Swartland
Grapes: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Goes perfectly with picnics or BBQ (braai) food like potato salad and Boerewors rolls.
Inzuzo means benefit in two of the main South African languages Zulu and Xhosa. The Inzuzo Wine Company is a BEE project spearheaded by Journey's End wines in Stellenbosch and run by one of their talented winemakers, Kaylin Willscott. Kaylin grew up in the poverty stricken Sir Lowry's Pass area. Kaylin's story is integral to the heart of the Inzuzo brand. As a Cape Wine Guild protégée and one of the few women of colour winemakers in South Africa, her journey is a powerful narrative of talent, determination, and community upliftment in South Africa.