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Pyramid Valley Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
$65.00Out of Stock
I tasted this wine on days 2 and 3 as well to learn about its development potential. Turned out to be a good idea with the most complex aromas alongside scents of the variety and region showing best on day 3. Flavours of black cherry and baked raspberry, there’s a fine stony mineral quality and […]
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Savage Follow the Line Cinsault 2021
$65.00From a Stellenbosch vineyard on decomposed granite. 50% whole-bunch fermentation while maturation lasts 12 months in old 500-litre barrels before a further 10 months in foudre. Heady aromatics with top notes of musk and violets before red and black berries plus pepper. The palate shows great fruit density, fresh acidity and fine tannins. A refined, […]
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Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2021
$50.00Supremely elegant with the power and focus of Cabernet and the sensual softness of Merlot. Aromas of sandalwood, cassis, plum, raspberry, and bay leaf. Vivid fruit profile, composed and balanced palate. Everything is in its place – fruit, acid, tannin – totally integrated. Poised and delicious. Waters Wine Co Deep-ish purple-red colour, glowing and […]
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Mullineux Syrah 2018
$65.00South Africa has an uncanny knack of producing Syrah’s at a price and quality, that should embarrass just about the rest of the world. Serve this in a pinot noir glass. Intense bouquet of black, red and hedge fruits, with lavender, Asian spices and cumquat. Vivid, supple and expansive palate, so soft in the mouth, […]
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Burn Cottage Pinot Noir 2020
$100.00Wonderful intensity, combining the wealth of sweet dark fruits, classic Central Otago, with a high toned coolness and coiled power. Dark cherry, cola, lavender, blackcurrant, blackberry, blood plum and 5 spice. Voluminous palate and head turning presence. Silken texture with a wealth of flavour, buoyant acidity and fine, melting tannins. Benchmark for the region. Waters […]
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Leeu Passant Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
$65.00This classically aromatic & supple Cabernet Sauvignon invites with notes of mulberry, dried orange rind, Kapokbos and pencil shavings on the nose. The palate opens to mouth-quenching cassis and fresh Sapphire plum, which are cupped by elegant, silky tannins. The richness and power of this wine are balanced by beautiful freshness and finesse. The […]
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Dog Point Pinot Noir 2021
$55.00A bright perfumed, supple expression of Marlborough pinot noir from clay hill slopes. The fruit is supported by bright florals of rose and violets with crunchy red berry fruit and dried herb notes. The palate is succulent with alluring red cherry, brown spices and silky fine boned tannins. This wine has all the makings of a long […]
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Rippon Lolo’s Block Pinot Noir 2019
$155.00A one off release (pity!), to commemorate the 70th birthday of Rippon’s co-founder, Lois Mills. Lolo’s Block is the highest of all Rippon vineyards and is the lowest yielding, due to its warmth and least fertile soils. Only 14 dozen made it to Australia, and of that we have only 12 bottles. The most complex […]
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Rippon Emma’s Block Pinot Noir 2018
$138.00It’s hard to express, but smells tighter, with some more noticeable oak. Plum, Daphne, creme de cassis, raspberry and brown spice. The structure is more evident than in the Mature Vine and is cooler, cosseted and slightly less expressive. Very long, so persistent with those trademark velvety/chalk tannins that become more firm and morph into […]
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Miles Mossop Introduction Red 2020
$32.00An unusual blend for an entry level South African red, 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cinsault 11% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc, all from Stellenbosch. And it works brilliantly. Aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, granite, blueberry, strawberry and fresh compost. Rich and succulent, round in shape and tightened by tangy fruits and powdery tannins. […]
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Sadie Family Swartland Treinspoor 2021
$145.00The 2021 Treinspoor is Sadie’s Tinta Barocca that the man himself likens to Nebbiolo, also opining that it is a wine that needs considerable ageing. These vines were planted in 1974, and the blend includes 40% whole clusters. It has a complex, succinctly defined bouquet with melted tar and graphite infused dark berry fruit, a […]
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Mullineux Kloof Street Rouge 2020
$30.00The Swartland Rouge is a Mediterranean style red blend based on Syrah with other Rhône varieties. The grapes are sourced from vineyards on the different soils in various parts of the Swartland. This seductive blend of Southern Rhône varieties has a perfumed nose of violets, spice and purple fruit. The medium to full bodied, food-friendly […]
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Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir 2012 Cellar Release
$165.00Direct from the cool dark cellars of Rippon, and at 10 years old this is drinking beautifully. It’s interesting to taste the estate’s DNA, with no perceptible style changes over the years. As always, an expression of vintage, and 2012 is considered great according to Nick Mill, owner/winemaker at Rippon. Red fruits, cherry, plum, strawberry, […]
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Olifantsberg Grenache Noir 2021
$40.00Wine lovers familiar with ethereal and Pinot Noir-like styles of Grenache will love this. Beautiful aromas of cherry, strawberry, raspberry, dried herbs and Asian spices. Deep, plush and soft. There’s abundant flavour, but that Olifantsberg gentleness. Flavours of red and briary fruits, and spice that rides along the slick and lacy tannins. Waters Wine Co […]
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Vanguardist Hawkes Bay Syrah 2020
$55.00The 2020 Syrah is sourced from Ash Ridge in the Bridge Pa triangle, Hawkes Bay. Organic certified/in conversion, selection Massale and Chave clones. Both spontaneous ferments, one at 30% whole bunch and the other at 60%. Around 5 weeks on skins with very gentle pigeage prior to pressing. The raw wine was shipped to the Vanguardist […]
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Savage Are We There Yet 2021
$60.00A 50:50 blend of Touriga Nacional and Syrah from Malgas. 10% whole-bunch fermentation. Some flinty reduction before red and black berries, lavender, fresh herbs and pepper on the nose while the palate has great structure and balance – a dense core of fruit matched by driving acidity and tannins that are firm in the best […]
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Beeslaar Pinotage 2020
$100.00If ever you had any doubts about the potential of Pinotage, the 2020 Beeslaar will put paid to them. From a 2.5 ha vineyard, dry grown, shale soils and old bush vines. Open top fermentation, followed by 20 months in French oak barriques. Very simple stuff, but the wine is far from simple. Intense aromas […]
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Badenhorst Family Red 2019
$65.00Out of Stock
A fascinating, beautiful wine, evidence of the wondrous nature of blends. Like the Family White, this is a historic and unique wine, a blend of varietals not seen in other parts of the world. Aromatic and ethereal with savoury spice, earth, smoke, plum and blackberry. Medium bodied, sleek and mineral with ferrous elements, pure fruit, […]
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Scions of Sinai Heldervallei Cinsault 2021
$60.00A wine of stunning aromatic expression, vivid flavours and grace. Floral, with savoury and sweet spices, smoke, rough earth, summer fruit compote and sage. Medium bodied, coarsened silk and pure flow. The very definition of elegance and in a mould that is simply unattainable outside of South Africa. Waters Wine Co The 2021 Heldervallei […]
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Metzer Family Shiraz 2019
$45.00100% Syrah. The wine is an assemblage of two unique parcels situated high up on the Helderberg West Peak; the highest of which is at 300 metres above sea level. The wine shows pronounced floral notes backed up by white pepper, lilies and violets as well as a hint of olive. Notes of dried flowers […]
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Rippon Emma’s Block Pinot Noir 2019
$145.00Emma’s Block is at the bottom of the slope, by the lake, facing east. The soils, like the rest of the estate are of schist. This is a cool site, with winds whipping up off the lake and hitting Emma’s first. Cool and high toned, floral, pretty with more spice and red and briary fruit. […]
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Metzer Family Cinsault 2019
$45.00Out of Stock
100% Cinsault. A single-vineyard wine from a dry-land, bushvine parcel situated on the lower foothills of the Helderberg West peak. The block was planted in 1964 on heavily weathered granitic soils and features a healthy sprinkling of Chenin Blanc, erroneously planted to replace dead Cinsault vines The wine shows delicate flavors of red cherries, cranberries, […]
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