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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A brilliant example of what is arguably the Cape’s most exciting and individual style, the...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionPiekenierskloof
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodePIK322
GrapeChenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc & Chardonnay
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Dassiekop literally translates as the hill of the dassies, the furry and friendly little rock...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionSwartland
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD419
GrapeChenin Blanc
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A fruity, easy-drinking Cape Chenin from the Du Toits at Goedverwacht (which translates loosely...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionRobertson
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeGDV722
GrapeChenin Blanc
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David Niewoudt at Cederberg like to make wine reductively, avoiding any exposure of the juice...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCederberg
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeCED222
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
Always our benchmark wine at this estate with vineyards at 3,000 feet of altitude in the midst...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCederberg
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeCED122
GrapeChenin Blanc
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Secateurs is Adi Badenhorst’s second label. About 10% of this Chenin goes into old oak...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionSwartland
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD122
GrapeChenin Blanc
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Just six hundred cases made of Adi Badenhorst’s top white blend, based on 54% Chenin Blanc,...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCoastal
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD319
GrapeChenin Blanc Blend
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Unirrigated fruit, given some time on the lees; thus surprisingly concentrated for the price....
OriginSouth Africa
RegionWestern Cape
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeCAH122
GrapeChenin Blanc
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The Du Toits at Goedverwacht were excited that this wine won “Dubbel-Dubbelgoud”, double...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionRobertson
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeGDV222
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
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Bukettraube, a 19th century German cross between Silvaner and the obscure Schiva Grossa, is...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCederberg
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeCED322
GrapeBukettraube
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"Now made in used not new oak – surprise, surprise! Muted but interesting nose. Really...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCederberg
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeCED521
GrapeChenin Blanc
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At the very top of the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, cooled by breezes and the cloud attracted to the...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionHemel-en-Aarde
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeDDD118
GrapeChardonnay
