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Product Code: CAH119
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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Product Code: FAB818
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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Product Code: FAB119
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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Product Code: FAB319
False Bay, Windswept Sauvignon Blanc, Coastal, 2019
“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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Product Code: GDV418
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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Product Code: SIX119
Six Hats, Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, 2019 (Screwcap)
“Six hats is the estate’s second, Fairtrade label, including fruit not just from the estate but from farmers near Malmesbury too. This is such a...”
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Product Code: GDV119
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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Product Code: CED619
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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Product Code: GDV617
Goedverwacht, Great Expectations Shiraz, Robertson, 2017 (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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Product Code: FRY319
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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Product Code: VRI117
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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Product Code: PIK118
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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Product Code: BAD219
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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Product Code: BAD618
Badenhorst, Secateurs Red, Coastal Region, 2018 (Screwcap)
“The latest vintage is unusual in being based on 82% Cinsault, with 10% Shiraz and 8% Grenache, just rounded by big old oak vats. The Cinsault makes...”
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Product Code: BAD119
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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Product Code: VRI317
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....”
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Product Code: CED319
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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Product Code: CED119
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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Product Code: KOE117
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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Product Code: PIK618
Piekenierskloof, Cinsault, 2018
“Also from vines planted in 1976; half aged in tank and half in old oak. Like all the best Cinsault, this exudes that lovely perfume composed of...”
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Product Code: PAR118
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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Product Code: PIK818
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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Product Code: BBO117
Blankbottle, Moment of Silence, Wellington, 2017
“Moment of Silence (or MoS for short) is always the best value wine in Pieter Walser’s eclectic zoo of mad and bad blends. Chenin Blanc from four...”
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Product Code: KOE616
Koelfontein, Shiraz, Ceres, 2016
“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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Product Code: DDD615
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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Product Code: DDD116
Domaine des Dieux, Chardonnay, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, 2016
“Lovely bright hue – does it have a hint of green? As ever, rich and opulent, showing lime and cream, whilst restrained by a chalky note. In short:...”
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Product Code: DDD411
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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Product Code: CED817
Cederberg, Shiraz, 2017
“Well-oaked (about 60% new barrels), gorgeously fruited wine, all seductive perfume and refinement. Now-2022”
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Product Code: CED717
Cederberg, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cederberg, 2017
“From the cool mountain vineyards; a strongly flavoured, blackcurranty 100% Cab., given 60% new oak; a silky, classy palate, with layers of black...”
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Product Code: CHX615
Chamonix, Reserve White, Franschhoek, 2015
“From 79% Sauvignon Blanc and 21% Sémillon. Assured winemaking: all barrel fermented (about 10% of the Sauvignon whole bunch fermented); then into...”
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Product Code: BBO218
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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Product Code: CED418
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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Product Code: CED518
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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Product Code: VRI416
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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Product Code: CHX716
Chamonix, Chardonnay Reserve, Franschhoek, 2016
“This seems more restrained than past vintages - more sophisticated? Aromas of high quality barrels and stone fruit. Creamy volume and richness. So...”
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Product Code: BAD317
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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Product Code: BAD817
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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Product Code: CED917
Cederberg, V Generations Cabernet Sauvignon, 2017
“We snaffled a little of this tiny production wonder. The fruit is from one vineyard, and then David Niewoudt makes a selection of the best barrels....”
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Product Code: CED416
MAGNUM Cederberg, Shiraz, Cederberg, 2016
“Well-oaked (about 60% new barrels), gorgeously fruited wine, all seductive perfume and refinement. Now-2021”
