South African White Wines
…from IWC 2016's South African Specialist Award Winner!
South Africa’s white grape is Chenin Blanc, a local speciality: after all, there’s a lot more Chenin planted in the Cape than there is in its Loire homeland.
We always offer half a dozen pure or Chenin-dominated styles, from thrillingly crisp and mineral via fruity and weighty to oaked examples.
Chardonnay is also hugely successful in the Cape, at every price level, but especially from cooler zones such as the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley and Franschhoek. Likewise even if it’s too hot in most of the winelands for Sauvignon Blanc, the best, from cool coastal vineyards, successfully bestride the gap between Loire and New Zealand styles.
The most exciting recent development in the Cape is the emergence of South African white blends as a real national strength: these now come in three styles: Chenin-based blends with a seasoning of varieties from Chardonnay, Sauvignon to oddball extras; white Bordeaux blends majoring on Sauvignon and Semillon; and Rhône blends featuring Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, and Clairette - with perhaps some Chenin.
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Produced from vines planted in 1936 at 350m above sea level this is a superb Semillon. The age...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionStellenbosch
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeORW117
GrapeSemillon
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Dassiekop literally translates as the hill of the dassies, the furry and friendly little rock...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionSwartland
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD419
GrapeChenin Blanc
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A fruity, easy-drinking Cape Chenin from the Du Toits at Goedverwacht (which tranlates loosely...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionRobertson
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeGDV720
GrapeChenin Blanc
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10% goes into old oak barrels, giving volume rather than oak flavour, and the wine gains weight...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionSwartland
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD120
GrapeChenin Blanc
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"Between 14 and 17 vineyards - Adi Badenhorst can't quite remember - go into this...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCoastal
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD318
GrapeChenin Blanc Blend
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The recently installed winemaker at Chamonix, Niel Bruwer, has pulled the wines here back into...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionFranschhoek
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeCHX718
GrapeChardonnay
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A Cape Pouilly-Fumé - an intense mouthful of gooseberry and passion-fruit, checked by crisp...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionBamboes Bay
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeFRY117
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
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From an extraordinary, isolated 6 hectare vineyard on limestone subsoils just 800 metres from...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionBamboes Bay
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeFRY120
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
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Moment of Silence (or MoS for short) is always the best value wine in Pieter Walser's...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionWellington
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeBBO120
GrapeChenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc & Viognier
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Our favourite wine at this estate - and one which has become more and more popular, even to the...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionRobertson
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeGDV120
GrapeChardonnay
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Cederberg, Bukettraube, Cederberg, 2020
Off dry & Aromatic
Bukettraube, a 19th century German cross between Silvaner and the obscure Schiva Grossa, is...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCederberg
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeCED320
GrapeBukettraube
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Twelve selected barrels were used to produce 1000 cases of the estate's top Chenin - always...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCederberg
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeCED519
GrapeChenin Blanc
