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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From dry-farmed, bush vines, mainly in the Paardeberg and Riebeek Valley, slowly fermented,...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionWestern Cape
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeFAB119
GrapeChenin Blanc
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Always our benchmark wine at this estate - this is the 17th continuous vintage we have shipped....
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCederberg
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeCED119
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
CodeBAD119
GrapeChenin Blanc
The target is consistent, a densely textured, complex wine, based on fruit from the family...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCoastal
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD317
GrapeChenin Blanc Blend
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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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By European standards this is a strange blend: the Spanish Palomino grape, known for sherry;...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionWestern Cape
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBAD219
GrapePalomino Semillon blend
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Doring Bay is the second line of Fryer's Cove. An intense, green-fruited and zippy...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionWestern Cape
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFRY319
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
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Six hats is the Piekenierskloof estate's second, Fairtrade label, including fruit not just...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionWestern Cape
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeSIX119
GrapeChenin Blanc
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From a block planted in 1987, and about 1/3 matured in new barrels, 2/3 second fill. Opulent,...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCeres
ColourWhite
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeKOE117
GrapeChardonnay
From 81.5% Chenin Blanc and 18.5% Viognier dried on straw in the Italian passito manner to...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionCoastal Region
ColourWhite
ABV9.5%
Bottle37.5cl
CodeRUS919
GrapeChenin Blanc & Viognier
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Goedverwacht translates from Afrikaans as "good hope".This Chardonnay is made by father Jan Du...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionRobertson
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeGDV318
GrapeChardonnay
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Look at this – a Swartland Chenin blend for less than 10 pounds a bottle! Stonedance is a...
OriginSouth Africa
RegionSwartland
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeSTO120
GrapeChenin Blanc, Viognier, Chardonnay
