Whites

Floral and stunningly aromatic wine, reminiscent of white lilies, ripe pears and sherbet. You got to try this wine - it's lovely all year round!

Country: Italy

Region: Puglia

Grapes:  Fiano Minutolo

ABV: 14% 

Food matches: Seafood and grilled fish.

Caiaffa are certified organic, they do not use insecticides or pesticides in order to encourage a balanced ecosystem. The rare grape variety Fiano Minutolo was previously confused with the variety Fiano D'Avellino from the Campania region. In 2001 DNA evidence showed that the varietal is infact related to the Muscat family.

A bright golden colour with a nose of green apples and peach blossom, persistent fine bubbles. Ripe peach and red apples on the palate with refreshing acidity and a long, well balanced finish.

Country: Italy

Region: Puglia

ABV: 12.5 %

Grape: Chardonnay

Fresh lime, lemon and tropical fruit aromas on the nose. The palate is light, crisp, dry and  super easy drinking with a ripe peachy roundness. 

Country: France

Region: Côtes de Gascogne, Armagnac

Grapes: Colombard, Ugni Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Gros Manseng

ABV: 11.5%

Food match: Salads, grilled white fish or on it's own with salted crisps on a warm day.

Full of zest and forward fruity flavours, typical of the Sauvignon grape. Bursting with exotic tropical fruit.

Country: Chile

Region: Central Valley

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc

ABV: 13%

Delicately perfumed, ripe melon fruit on the nose. The palate is weighty and ripe but remains fresh and saline. A crowd pleaser but a very well made one.

Country: France

Region: AOP PICPOUL DE PINET

ABV: 12.5%

Grapes:  100% Picpoul Blanc

Cave de l'Ormarine's vineyards lie at approximately 40 metres above sea level on a chalky clay plateau, rich in Cretaceous limestone and quartz. The vineyards lie to the North of the Lac de Thau and slope towards it. Cyril Payon oversees the production and grapes are carefully selected and picked at different times to capture different flavour profiles. They are de-stemmed and macerated on their skins followed by fermentation for approximately 2 weeks without malolactic fermentation.

A bright lemon yellow colour with a nose of green apples, quince and citrus, Persistent fine bubbles. Ripe quince and red apple on the palate with refreshing acidity and a long, well balanced finish.

Country: France

Region: Côtes du Jura

ABV: 11.5 %

Grape: Airen

Vegan

Fresh, crisp, aromatic. Zippy and zesty, classic Vinho Verde with a slight spritz, just the way we love it!

Country: Portugal

Region: Minho

Grapes: Alvarinho

ABV: 10.5%

Food match: perfect for summer sipping on the terrace with salty snack or light alfresco salads.

Capturing the purity of Albariño, with citrus, minerality and saline notes throughout. The palate is light and fresh yet offers underlying depth and texture.

Country: Spain

Region: Rías Baixas

Grapes: Albariño

ABV: 12.5%

Food Match: It perfectly accompanies fish, shellfish, white meats and fresh cheeses

A honeyed nose, with a hints of spice. Fleshy peach fruit on the palate with a fresh, off dry finish.

Country: France

Region: South of France

Grapes: Gros Manseng

ABV: 12.5%

Vegan

Fresh and slightly spicy with fleshy, white peach characters and a lovely perfume of jasmine from the Muscat. On the palate this wine is bursting with peach and apricot flavours.  Wonderfully balanced with an impressive backbone of elegant minerality.

Country: Lebanon

Region: Bekaa Valley

Grapes: Viognier 65% , Chardonnay 20% , Obeidi 10%

ABV: 13.5%

Vegan.  Fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks for 10 days. No Malolactic fermentation takes place.

Food match: Mediterranean chicken or fish dishes with grilled vegetables

Fairly restrained on the nose, savoury herbs and citrus on the palate. Well balanced with a suggestion of "hot stone" minerality. A light and fruity wine that marries perfectly with oysters and all shellfish

Country: France

Region: Burgundy, Chablis

Grapes: Chardonnay

ABV: 13%

Vineyards are in the Hautes Côtes, at the top of the slopes just above Domaine de la Motte's Chablis classified plots and so achieve good ripeness. The soil is Portlandian, which is less chalky than Kimmeridgian, and typically produces wines which are less mineral and more fruity, well suited to earlier drinking. Having said that, Motte’s wine has real finesse with good fruit character – very much their house style. Cool-fermented in stainless steel, malolactic fermentation is also in stainless steel and the wine is unoaked.

A classic varietal nose of jasmine, white peach and fruit blossom, with a whiff of white pepper. The palate is generous, and richly flavoured balanced by bright, zimgy acidity and with a gingery, textural finish.

Country: South Africa

Region: Western Cape

Grapes: Viognier

ABV: 13%

Vegan

Food match: Thai green curry, Cape Malay curries, goats cheese and roast veg.

From Paarl vineyards grown on sandy loams, where timing of harvest is crucial to the varietal balance of aromatics, generosity of palate and freshness. Kleine Oranjerie Viognier does exactly that and is a hugely welcome, judiciously finessed addition to our South African portfolio.

On the west side of Sicily close to Marsala, Cantine Rallo has its vineyards and winery.

This ‘Orange’ wine is bright yet slightly cloudy in colour thanks to the natural approach to winemaking; with no stabilisation, fining or filtration resulting in a wine with very low sulphur levels. The bouquet is a beautiful mix of citrus, grapefruit, apple and white flesh fruits that follows onto the palate. Complemented by Mediterranean herbs and a backbone of fresh acidity.

Country: Italy

Region: Marsala, Sicily

Grapes: Catarratto

ABV: 12.5%

Round and elegant wine with classic, subtle buttery notes balanced by juicy acidity. A top quality white Burgundy with more than 10 year aging potential.

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

Grapes: Chardonnay

ABV: 12.5%

Kaalvoet Meisie (‘barefoot girl’)  is a richer style of Sauvignon Blanc because it ferments and ages in both new and old oak for 12 months. Elegant aromas of exotic fruit like dragon fruit, passion fruit and pineapple as well as ripe yellow peach and apricot. The concentrated fruit profile is complimented by aromas and flavours of wild herbs. Vibrant acidity and a lingering, minerally finish gives this beauty of a wine at least 7 years of ageing potential.

Country: South Africa

Region: Sondagskloof, Walker Bay

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon

ABV: 12.5%

Food Matching: Asparagus and and goat's cheese salad

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’).

Light yellow-straw. The nose is reminiscent of apricot, peach and quince with hints of litchi and cardamom. Citrus and stone fruit follow on the palate rounded by subtle oak and punchy lime acidity. The finish is long and dry. Medium to full bodied.

Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: Chenin blanc and Grenache blanc
ABV: 13.5%

Food Match: Wild mushroom risotto, Moroccan chicken tagine or herb crusted rack of lamb.

A Cellar Door Wines team favourite. Powerful and aromatic nose of ripe citrus and stone fruits. The palate has concentrated lychee, honeysuckle, nectarines and pineapple.

Country: USA

Region: Oregon

ABV: 13.5%

Grapes: Pinot Gris

A delicious traditional method sparkling with ageing sur lie (on the lees) in bottle for 36 months. Bisser Blanc de Blancs is a classic style brut sparkling made from 100% Chardonnay grapes from The Kolonist vineyards in the Odesa region. 

Grapes: Chardonnay

Country: Ukraine

Region: Odesa, Bessarabia sub region

ABV: 11.5%

The estate winery "Kolonist" was founded by the Plachkov family in 2005 in Bessarabia, Ukraine. Named in honour of Bulgarian colonists who came to these lands over 200 years ago. 

A fantastic wine for all occasions. Aromatic and fresh with orange blossom and zest on the nose. Ripe red apples, peaches and a hint of orange peel on the palate.
This Chenin Blanc is pale straw in colour with sumptuous aromas of peach and melon. These characteristics are echoed on the palate, where they are perfectly balanced with a zingy lime freshness and crisp, refreshing finish.

Country: South Africa

Region: Western Cape

Grapes:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV: 11%

Tasting Notes: This wine is ideal with spicy Asian seafood dishes.

Vegan/Vegetarian 

Refreshing and crisp with characteristic aromas of citrus and apple, typical of this variety. Light, fresh and dry with a crisp acidity giving freshness to the finish.

Country: Spain

Region: Castilla

ABV: 11%

Grapes: Pardina and Chardonnay

Delicate, pale lemon yellow colour with aromas of citrus, grass and hay. Fresh and zippy finish.

Country: France

Region: Bordeaux

ABV: 14.5%

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon

Entre-deux-Mers is a large wine sub-region of Bordeaux in southwestern France. Its name translates literally as "between two seas", although the seas in question are in fact rivers – the Garonne and Dordogne, which respectively form the area's southern and northern boundaries.

The Proposal Hill Cap Classique Brut Rosé is made from 100% Pinot Noir grown on the western slope of the Tygerberg hill on De Grendel, overlooked by the original homestead built by the first baronet Graaff, the vines enjoying the same view that Sir De Villiers and Lady Graaff treasured all those years ago.

Country: South Africa

Region:  Durbanville Hills, Tygerberg

ABV: 12.5%

Grapes: Pinot Noir

Food Match: Oysters, fresh from the sea or antipasti.

De Grendel Wine

De Grendel Brut Rosé has all the hallmarks of a traditional, meticulously constructed Cap Classique, with the added allure of being playful and exciting, Hopkins said. Complex and with a weightier palate than the average sparkling wine, this bone-dry rosé has a fine and persistent mousse introducing hints of oyster shell and fresh lavender on the nose. Intense strawberry coulis and black cherry flavours are well-balanced by firm acidity and linger in the exceptionally long finish.

Fresh, tropical, grassy and vibrant with passion fruit, gooseberry and melon characters. Crisp, clean finish. Great stuff, great value.

Country: New Zealand

Region: Marlborough

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc

ABV: 12.5%