The best of the best that South Africa has to offer
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Superstar South Africans
The best of the best that South Africa has to offer
Neil Ellis Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2018
Regular price £19.95Gorgeous, dark garnet colour with a bright ruby edge. Aromas of black cherry, plum and peppery notes with a subtle hint of liquorice. The palate shows dark fruit and sweet spice supported by fine, supple tannins and a fresh finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14.5%
Babylonstoren Chardonnay 2023/24
Regular price £27.95If you're a rich white Burgundy fan - then this is the wine for you. A rich nose of lemon curd and freshly baked butter biscuits. The beautifully fruity core is perfectly balanced by layers of oak spice, vanilla and roasted almonds. Supple with fresh acidity and an underlying minerality, which adds focus and length to the finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl, Western Cape
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 14%
Food Match: The elegance and substance of the wine will
complement mushroom risotto, rich fish dishes and also steak béarnaise.
Ready to be enjoyed within the year of production, but will
mature well for the next four to six years.
Andreas Syrah 2021
Regular price £24.95Aromatic, medium to full bodied and powerful, with good extraction of the sweet flavours of black ripe fruits. Elegant with good texture and firm tannins, giving wine great ageing potential. A touch of mint, with lavender notes. Firm, well balanced oak and long finish with fresh, spicy, integrated mouthfeel.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
ABV: 14%
Grape: Shiraz
Andreas only produce this wine - and they are good at it. The wine is aged for 18 months in French and American oak and bottle matured for another year. Winemaker Shaun Meyeridricks' first first vintage was in 2018, since joining Andreas from Boekenhoutskloof where he was previously making exemplary Shiraz.
KWV Mentors Limited Release Nebbiolo 2017
Regular price £39.95A very special limited parcel wine from talented young South African winemaker Izele Van Blerk. Drinking window 2023 - 2028. Only 1300 bottles made!
The wine spent 36 months in 2nd and 3rd fill 500L French oak barrels and 24 months in bottle before release. The grapes are from 136 very old vines!
This full-bodied wine explodes with aromas of rose petals, red cherries and raspberries with hints of lavender. The palate is focused with an undertone of cloves, dried fruit and
leather. The grippy tannin structure and zippy acidity is well integrated and delivers an intense, lasting finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 14.5%
Food match: Beef Tenderloin,
braised duck, wild mushrooms and aged Gouda.
Pilgrim Wines Shiraz 2020
Regular price £21.95Deep purple/red colour with an opaque core. On the nose it is rich with sweet red and black berry notes, some vanilla and sweet spice. On the palate it is much weightier than the nose suggests. Very opulent, but elegant and balanced at the same time.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
ABV: 14%
Grape: Shiraz
Saurwein OM Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir 2021
Regular price £47.95Red forest berry and bramble berry fruit, red cherries, rose perfume, fragrant sumac and cumin spice on the nose. Red forest fruit, beetroot earthiness, fresh hibiscus, fruit-coated tannin and crisp acidity, medium bodied on the palate.
Country: South Africa
Region: Hemel-En-Aarde
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 13.5%
Place of the Gods Farm, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, Walker Bay, Hermanus. This dryland vineyard is situated just 12 km from the sea and lies at 300 m above sea-level. The soils are granite origin with a significant portion of clay. Pinot noir clones are 115 and 667. The vineyard was planted in 2006
Beautiful label art by Isabella Kuijers.
Cap Maritime Chardonnay 2022
Regular price £41.95Tim Atkin South Africa Special Report 2020
“Made by Gottfried Mocke of Boekenhoutskloof, but sold under its own label, this
stylish Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Chardonnay is made with fruit that used to go into
Sumaridge. Marrying barrel- and concrete-fermented and aged portions, it has
jasmine and hawthorn aromas, pear and citrus fruit and very subtle wood spices.
2020-25” – 93 Points
Country: South Africa
Region: Hemel en Aarde Ridge
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay
ABV: 13.8%
Platter’s South African Wine Guide 2021
“Spontaneously fermented, like sibling, 60% in new oak, rest concrete’eggs’ (vs
Pinot‘s 100% concrete vats). All-wholebunch 2018 is elegant, with pristine orchard
& stonefruit, hint of apple blossom, creamy vanilla. Dry, with, a grapefruit pith finish.
Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge WO.”
– 4.5 Stars & 94 Points