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Cape Heights, Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Surprisingly good at the price: winemaker Marinda Kruger Van Eck sources dry-farmed bush-vine Chenin from Paardeberg, Paarl and the Drakenstein area,...”
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False Bay, Windswept Sauvignon Blanc, Coastal, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Using fruit from coastal vineyards, a nettley Sauvignon Blanc with decent mouthfeel and finish. With a herbaceous edge, this would be good with...”
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False Bay, Pinotage, Western Cape, 2018 (Screwcap)
“Plum coloured. High-toned scent of berries. Bittersweet raspberry and bilberry fruit, bold and juicy, with just a smidge of tannin which makes this...”
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False Bay, Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“From dry-farmed, bush vines, mainly in the Paardeberg and Riebeek Valley, slowly fermented, using only wild yeasts. Lightly honeyed scent. This is...”
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Goedverwacht, Great Expectations Crane Red, Merlot, Robertson, 2018 (Screwcap)
“From a vineyard with a high clay content which suits Merlot. It’s always made in a slightly old-fashioned style, gutsy and lightly smokey, with...”
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Six Hats, Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Six hats is the Piekenierskloof estate’s second, Fairtrade label, including fruit not just from the estate but from farmers near Malmesbury too....”
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Goedverwacht, Great Expectations, Chardonnay, Robertson, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Our favourite wine at this estate - and one which has become more and more popular, even to the point of us selling it to some smart restaurants - is...”
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Cape Atlantic, Sauvignon Blanc, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“We are the sole importers of this brilliantly charged and zippy SB, made by top Cape winemaker David Nieuwoudt at Cederberg. Although there is no...”
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Goedverwacht, Great Expectations Shiraz, Robertson, 2018 (Screwcap)
“Pretty raspberry and vanilla scent. Bright berried fruit with a hint of earthiness. Excellent Syrah / Shiraz typicity. Supple and deservedly popular....”
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HALF Rustenberg, Straw Wine, Coastal Region, 2019
“From 81.5% Chenin Blanc and 18.5% Viognier dried on straw in the Italian passito manner to concentrate juice and sugar. Very luscious (an amazing 226...”
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Doring Bay, Sauvignon Blanc, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Doring Bay is the second line of Fryer’s Cove. An intense, green-fruited and zippy example, based on their cool coastal fruit, punchy and...”
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Vriesenhof, Grenache / Shiraz / Mourvèdre, Stellenbosch (Screwcap)
“46% Grenache, 35% Shiraz and 19% Mourvèdre, given nine months in old oak. Traditionally framed wine, showing raspberry and cherry flavours tinged...”
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Piekenierskloof, Grenache Blanc, 2018
“Largely from very low-yields (in the drought year) from bush vines planted in 1987 on koffieklip (ferricrete, a sedimentary rock widely distributed...”
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Badenhorst Family Wines, Papegaai, Palomino / Semillon, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“By European standards this is a strange blend: the Spanish Palomino grape, known for sherry; with Semillon, best known for dry and late harvest wines...”
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Badenhorst, Secateurs White, Chenin Blanc, Swartland, 2019 (Screwcap)
“10% goes into old oak barrels, giving volume rather than oak flavour, and the wine gains weight from about seven months on its lees. This is just so...”
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Badenhorst, Secateurs Red, Swartland, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Over the years this has changed from being a chunky blend based on Syrah to a more graceful one based on Cinsault (backed by Grenache and Shiraz),...”
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Cederberg, Bukettraube, Cederberg, 2019 (Screwcap)
“"Cederberg produce a well-made, exotically-fruited version with around 25g/l residual sugar", Jancis Robinson , Wine Grapes, 2012. We...”
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Vriesenhof, Pinotage, Stellenbosch, 2017 (Screwcap)
“Pinotage, a grape created in the Cape in 1925 as a cross of Pinot Noir and Cinsault, is a Marmite grape, dividing wine drinkers into two camps. When...”
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Cederberg, Chenin Blanc, Cederberg, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Always our benchmark wine at this estate - this is the 17th continuous vintage we have shipped. As usual, almost water white. Open, appealing scent...”
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Koelfontein Chardonnay, Ceres, 2017
“From a block planted in 1987, and about 1/3 matured in new barrels, 2/3 second fill. Opulent, exotic, full-on example – an old-fashioned Cape...”
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Piekenierskloof, Cinsault, 2019
“Please note this is NOT the wine recommended by Jancis Robinson in the FT on the 12th of December but the following (very similar) vintage.”
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Paserene, Midnight, Western Cape, 2018
“Pure Cabernet Sauvignon. As the name suggest, very dark and glossy. Delightfully perfumed – cassis. So smooth, polished and velvety. Fine tannins....”
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Piekenierskloof, Grenache, 2018
“Piekenierskloof has more Grenache planted than any other estate in the Cape – that’s why so many of the young gun winemakers buy their Grenache...”
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Domaine des Dieux, Syrah-Mourvèdre, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, 2014
“Made by Syrah specialist Niels Verburg of nearby Luddite, about 95% Syrah in this vintage, full-flavoured and meaty, but also smooth, offering fresh...”
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Fryer's Cove, Sauvignon Blanc, Bamboes Bay, 2017
“A Cape Pouilly-Fumé - an intense mouthful of gooseberry and passion-fruit, checked by crisp minerality. Some tasters may taste salt in this wine -...”
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Koelfontein, Shiraz, Ceres, 2018
“This terrific Shiraz, given 20 months in new French barrels, is spectacular and has garnered a slew of medals in the local wine competions: Veritas...”
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Domaine des Dieux, Josephine Pinot Noir, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, 2015
“From cool vineyards at the top of the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. As the vines here age, this wine is getting more refined: the 2015 is certainly the best...”
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Domaine des Dieux, Methode Cap Classique, Rosé, Rose of Sharon, Walker Bay, 2011
“Named after the biblical story of Solomon, who compared his love to the blossoming of the Rose of Sharon, this is from 58% Pinot Noir and 42%...”
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Fryer's Cove, Hollebaksstrandfontein, Sauvignon Blanc Fume, Bamboes Bay, 2017
“Less than 200 dozen made of this barrel and clay pot fermented SB, named after the spring in the hollow of Bamboes Bay. Concentrated, rounded and...”
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Fryer's Cove, Pinot Noir, Bamboes Bay, 2017
“Attractive, soft ruby tone; pretty cherry and lightly floral aromas. Supple, pleasingly fleshy palate with lots of strawberry and raspberry upfront....”
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Cederberg, Shiraz, 2017
“David’s Shiraz is unfailingly spectacular: given plenty of extraction and 60% new oak, it’s deeply coloured, concentrated and well-structured but...”
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Cederberg, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cederberg, 2018
“In the cool mountain vineyards Cabernet enjoys a long ripening period, excellent for aromatics. From twenty year old vines on largely west-facing...”
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Ghost Corner, Wild Ferment Sauvignon Blanc, Elim, 2018 (Screwcap)
“From vines on slate, koffieklip and gravel at cool Cape Agulhas, this is David’s top Sauvignon: the 2017 vintage won the Sauvignon Blanc trophy in...”
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BLANKbottle, Epileptic Inspiration, Western Cape, 2018
“The name refers to Pieter’s epilepsy: after a bad fit in 2013 Pieter found himself lacking any short-term memory, and thus robbed of the cares of...”
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Cederberg, V Generations Chenin Blanc, 2018
“Twelve selected barrels were used to produce 1000 cases of the estate’s top Chenin – always one of the best in the Cape. Concentrated, quite oaky...”
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Chamonix, Chardonnay Reserve, Franschhoek, 2016
“Barrel fermented and aged for 14 months, with 20% matured in expensive Nomblot eggs. In its youth this appeared lighter - the actual alcohol is just...”
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Vriesenhof, Kallista, Stellenbosch, 2016
“A beautiful Bordeaux blend given ageing in plenty of new barrels, 40% Cabernet Franc, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Merlot. It’s the first vintage...”
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Badenhorst Family White, Kalmoesfontein White Blend, Coastal Region, 2017
“The target is consistent, a densely textured, complex wine, based on fruit from the family vineyards on the Paardeberg: in this vintage 32% Chenin...”
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Badenhorst Family Red, Swartland, 2017
“Lovely old-fashioned methods: early picked grapes for freshness, whole bunches foot-trodden for low extraction; and then left, post-fermentation, to...”
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Cederberg, V Generations Cabernet Sauvignon, 2017
“There’s usually only around 500 dozen released of David Nieuwoudt’s top red, based on a selection of the best barrels from one parcel of vines...”
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MAGNUM Cederberg, Shiraz, Cederberg, 2016
“David Nieuwoudt's’s 2016 Shiraz won a slew of awards: SAwi (South African Wine index) 2018 Platinum, 100 points; Six Nations Wine Challenge...”