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Product Code: GDV410
Goedverwacht, Crane Red, Merlot, Robertson, 2010
“Ruby tone. Scent of cooked berries and currant leaf. Always surprises for its concentration and power: bold and smooth, and delivering ripe (but not...”
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Product Code: GDV311
Goedverwacht, Crane White, Colombar, Robertson, 2011
“Lively aromas of passionfruit. Cocktail of passionfruit, guava and peardrop, delightfully exotic, but also zippily fresh. Perfect summer quaffing....”
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Product Code: FAB610
False Bay, Shiraz, Western Cape, 2010
“Fruit from Paarl, Malmesbury and Stellenbosch, unoaked. Bright colour. Cool, crunchy fruit, juicy blackberry spiced by white pepper, smooth, with the...”
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Product Code: FAB110
False Bay, Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, 2010
“Scent of pears and honey. This is so richly textured for a wine at this price, weighty, offering a generous, well-flavoured heart of white peach and...”
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Product Code: FAB810
False Bay, Pinotage, Western Cape, 2010
“Victoria plum coloured. High-toned scent of raspberry cordial with the merest hint of tar. Bittersweet raspberry and bilberry fruit, crisp and juicy....”
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Product Code: BON610
Bon Cap, The Ruins, Sauvignon Blanc, Eilandia, 2010
“Crisply green-fruited - lemon and lime - with a hint of smokiness. Excellent value for this bright and mineral example. Now-2012”
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Product Code: JOO110
Joostenberg, Little J White, Western Cape, 2010
“Scent of ripe pears. Bright attack, a real fruit salad of ripe red apples, pears and even mango. Juicy, fleshy, and rather joyous - a few grams of...”
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Product Code: CHX510
Cape Chamonix, Blanc, Franschhoek, 2010
“A zippy little number, showing ripe citrus fruit with a liquorice twist. Fresh and appealing, very attractive aperitif. Now-2012”
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Product Code: CHX108
Cape Chamonix, Rouge, Franschhoek, 2008
“The 2008 vintage is 35% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Malbec and 10% Petit Verdot, aged in old barrels: Gottfried thinks it’s the Malbec in...”
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Product Code: BAD511
Badenhorst, Secateurs Rosé, Cinsault, Shiraz, Grenache, Swartland, 2011
“Bright pink, slightly coppery. Gorgeous, seductive mouthful of fresh red berries. Great depth of fruit and considerable weight, full-flavoured yet...”
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Product Code: LER609
Le Riche Wines, Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, Stellenbosch, 2009
“Half Cabernet, plus Merlot but also includes a little Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, so is a classic left bank Bordeaux assemblage, all given time...”
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Product Code: VON110
Vondeling, Petit Blanc, Voor-Paardeberg, 2010
“Exotic scents of ripe green fruit and a banana note. Intense, crisp and dry, with an attractive palate of pear and white peach, finely textured and...”
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Product Code: VON709
Vondeling, Baldrick Shiraz, Voor-Paardeberg, 2009
“Deep hue. Soft red fruit scents. Gentle palate of crisp raspberry and blackcurrant with a hint of leather. Supple, lightly perfumed, and with a tangy...”
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Product Code: BAD610
Badenhorst, Secateurs Red, Coastal Region, 2010
“A lightly oaked blend of mainly Shiraz, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault and Grenache, bold but wholly smooth. A bottle slips down all too...”
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Product Code: BAD111
Badenhorst, Secateurs White, Chenin Blanc, Swartland, 2011
“In The Telegraph Saturday 17th December 2011: “Made from old-vine chenin blanc edged with grapefruit freshness and, bottled under screw cap, with a...”
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Product Code: CED111
Cederberg, Chenin Blanc, Cederberg, 2011
“From the highest altitude vineyards in the Cape, isolated in the Cederberg mountains, this has become one of our most distinctive wines: we often...”
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Product Code: FRY110
Fryer's Cove, Sauvignon Blanc, Bamboes Bay, 2010
“A very small amount of this wine is fermented in barrel. Creamy scent. Gooseberry and cut grass, rounded and weighty. Some tasters claim to taste...”
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Product Code: JOO310
Joostenberg, Noble Late Harvest, Paarl, Half Bottle, 2010
“Pale gold. Scent of orange blossom honey and ripe citrus. Intensely sweet, with a spectrum of lipsmacking flavours from lemon meringue to glace...”
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Product Code: SPO208
Spookfontein, Cabernet Franc, Upper Hemel & Aarde Valley, 2008
“Enticing scent of red fruits perfumed with vanilla and a hint of green pepper. Full-flavoured currant, red cherry and damson fruit, bright,...”
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Product Code: FRY610
Fryer's Cove, Pinot Noir, Bamboes Bay, 2010
“Soft, quite pale ruby tone. Aromas of red cherries with vanilla. Supple, berry and cherry flavoured wine; but with stuffing too. Really quite...”
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Product Code: SPO108
Spookfontein, Merlot, Upper Hemel & Aarde Valley, 2008
“Cedary nose. So supple and smooth, with attractive fat. Raspberries and redcurrants wrapped in smoke. Pure fruit on a long finish. Now-2013”
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Product Code: CHX609
Cape Chamonix, Sauvignon Blanc Reserve, Franschhoek, 2009
“Including about 12% Semillon, all barrel fermented (part by whole bunch), about a third undergoing malolactic in barrel; and then left on its lees in...”
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Product Code: CHX408
Cape Chamonix, Pinotage, Greywacke, Franschhoek, 2008
“A Pinotage with real class and ageing potential, named after a type of sandstone derived soil quite common in the Cape. Gottfried leaves some bunches...”
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Product Code: VON807
Vondeling, Erica Shiraz, Voor-Paardeberg, 2007
“Very deep colour. Open, berried scents with a meaty hint. Smooth, ripe and velvety, full of bittersweet blueberry and damson character. Good backing...”
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Product Code: ATA607
Ataraxia, Serenity, Western Cape, 2007
“Scents of young Syrah - mulberry and cherry with chocolate and a tarry note. Strangely Italianate in style, Barolo-like in its aromatics, with fine...”
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Product Code: JOO809
Joostenberg, Bakermat, Paarl, 2009
“Very deep and dark. Splendid nose, combining minty blackcurrant from the Cabernet with an attractive black olives/tapenade note from the Syrah....”
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Product Code: CED408
David Nieuwoudt, Ghost Corner, Semillon, Elim, 2008
“Pale and clear. Open scent of limeflower and smoke. Crisp attack, steely and citrussy, but builds well, with pear, greengage and asparagus notes on a...”
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Product Code: CHX309
Cape Chamonix, Pinot Noir Reserve, Franschhoek, 2009
“Fermented with a proportion of the stalks in open top concrete fermenters, as in Burgundy, and then into Allier oak, 60% new. Clear, mid ruby....”
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Product Code: ATA109
Ataraxia, Chardonnay, Western Cape, 2009
“1/3 new French oak, 2/3 second fill for 10 months. Sourced largely from cool-climate sites in Hemel-en-Aarde, Elgin and Walker Bay. Generous scent -...”
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Product Code: BBO309
BLANKbottle, The White Black, Western Cape, 2009
“As Pieter writes, “a classic Swartland style white blend. It is a joint venture between Swartland loyalist Albert Ahrens and the BLANKbottle...”
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Product Code: CED509
Cederberg, V Generations Chenin Blanc, Cederberg, 2009
“A prime example of a Cape barrel-aged style - so intensely flavoured. Scents of nuts, cream and honey. Grapefruit heart, enfolded in nuances of...”
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Product Code: BAD807
Badenhorst Red Blend, Coastal Region, 2007
“80% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, 7% Cinsault, and 3% Grenache. Only the second vintage of this Rhônish blend. Brooding aromas of smoke, toast with savoury...”
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Product Code: BBO808
BLANKbottle, Black, Syrah, Swartland, 2008
“Pieter says “predominantly Syrah (Riebeek and Paardeberg grapes) with bits of Grenache, Mourvèdre and Carignan from the Paardeberg”. Delightful...”