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Delightful interplay of blackcurrant, cassis, violet perfume and an earthy richness. The wine feels silky, supple and smooth when it hits the palate. Flavours of dark berry fruit, Christmas pudding, cigar box and spice then make their presence felt. Beautifully poised and balanced with neither fruit nor oak dominating. Good backbone and lithe body. The oak is sympathetic and supportive.
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From the maiden release, this benchmark wine has redefined South Africa’s own red grape variety, Pinotage, with its classic, refined styling and unique complex character. This is a wine unlike anything else, intense, rich and savoury with a beautiful underlying minerality.
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A delicate style with layers of bright strawberry and wild raspberries on the palate with a hint of spice on the bouquet. This wine has vibrant acidity, showing a floral lift on the finish.
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Meticulously grown in the cool Elgin Valley on a combination of deep, red shales interspersed with ferrous rich gravel. The engineering of cool climate, site position and crafting of these elements provide the perfect harmony required to produce a Pinot of fine character.
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Broad, seductive compote of concentrated black cherries, cranberries and savoury forest floor aspects supported by dry oak tannins. Powerful yet silky texture is seamlessly complex throughout.
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Opulent and intense berry core with a fine, elegant and subtle fruit structure supported by well integrated mineral oak tannins.
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The Feldspar Pinot Noir has a bright red colour. The bouquet is complex with scents recalling wild berries, spice, sour cherries and violets. On the palate the wine shows medium body with fruit flavours balanced elegantly by tannins in a long finish.
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Complex plummy, spicy and Rhone red fruit aromas on the bouquet with a savoury, blackberry finish on the palate.
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Although the new oak is quite high, the light toasting means that it is nicely integrated with the pure blackberry and bilberry fruit; later, a touch of mint develops. The palate shows supple tannins, well-judged acidity, gentle grip and pure blackberry and boysenberry fruit toward the long finish. This is how to make a Bordeaux blend!
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Darker and more intense than any other Crystallum Pinot. Notes of smoked meat, Indian spice and fresh cranberry are followed by an intense fruit filled mid palate. Lovely length and freshness on the finish.
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Lush black cherry, strawberry concentrate and blood orange notes leading to a palate that is instantly gratifying. This cuvée is all about the most generous side of Pinotage and this delivers in every sense.
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A composed bouquet with raspberry, cranberry leaf and light lavender scents. It is very floral. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannins, an open-knit and generous blend that expresses harmony and mineral on the finish.
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Full and rich flavours fills the palate with alluring red fruits, dried prunes, cocoa and spice. Ripe tannins and balanced acidity ate brought together with well integrated alcohol and a lasting finish.
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This soft, approachable ruby-hued beauty is a true testament to vines lovingly reared and winemaking raised to an art form. A Right Bank-style Bordeaux blend, De Toren Z comprises a symphonic blend of five Bordeaux varietals. You’ll find it tantalizingly soft on the palate, with a hint of aniseed, liquorice, raspberry and cranberries lending a fresh acidity to its polished finish.
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Named in honour of the Baroque music DeMorgenzon pipe to their vines, Maestro Blue is a Rhône-style blend – the newest addition to the estate's range. This wine has notes of red and black berry fruit, white pepper and spice. The palate is finely structured, showing an array of ripe fruit and floral undertones, with a lingering finish.
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The Reserve Syrah premiered in the outstanding 1st vintage and represents the finest barrel selection from this formidable Stellenbosch estate. There is a restraint on the palate that hints at things to come. Structured and taut; the mélange of soft red berried fruit marrying with ultra fine tannins and cracking freshness. This is Syrah of impressive proportion.
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Aged for 12 months in a mixture of new and used French oak, the wine displays a blackcurrant character, with hints of ginger, cream and violets on the bouquet. The palate is fruity, soft and elegant, laced with ripe fruit and creamy toffee on the finish.
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A refreshing and lively purple hue while aromas of bramble leaf, crushed red pepper and violets permeate the bouquet and a creamy palate filling tannin boasts a quintessential white pepper palate.
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Ernie Els Wines have crafted a plush, ripe and forward jam-laden, menthol-tinged example which is precise, ripe and round. Opulent strawberry fruit is balanced with bold tannins which are beautifully integrated. This is a very bold Stellenbosch red with real character.
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With this blend, the winemaker has created his benchmark statement of the Ernie Els estate, with its pitch black core and deeply rich hue leading to a bouquet of vanilla, blackberry, liquorice and cherry. Hints of wild flowers and a touch of cedar spice add refined depth and complexity. Incredibly fine, chalky tannins complete this regal red from one of South Africa’s greatest ambassadors.
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With a genuinely classical slant, Ernie Els’ Proprietor’s Syrah pitches at a superior level. It is silky, full of rich lavendar and parma-violet flavours. A firm backbone ensures longevity yet the intensity of forward fruit draws you in. A dash of white Viognier adds a yellow plum note on the bouquet, just as it does in Côte-Rôtie. This is a five star Syrah.
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Glenelly Estate Reserve is the estate’s signature red blend. It exhibits fine-grained tannins that are firm yet elegant. The rich, savoury character of Shiraz is enhanced by lush, concentrated flavors of blackberry, cherry and cassis, supported by floral tones and notes of tobacco and spice.
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Violet-scented, lavender cream and blueberry fruited Syrah showing the merest hint of pain grillé. So accessible and very much Syrah rather than Shiraz.
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This full-bodied wine has pronounced red fruit on the bouquet with perfumed violets. The palate mirrors the initial aromas with added savoury flavours and a prominent herbal note on the finish.
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Peppery spices, cassis and fruit cake combines well with Karoo shrub notes and perfumed violet notes on the bouquet. The palate shows rich, red fruit, soft melded tannins and a savoury, succulent finish.
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Ripe and dense, but nicely refined, with stylish Kona coffee and mulled currant and loganberry fruit notes laced with melted licorice snap and spice. Liberally toasted, but integrated on the long, smouldering finish.
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Voluptuous aromas of ripe dark and red fruit combine with spicy notes on the bouquet. The palate shows an abundance of berry flavours, smooth, silky tannins and a bold finish.
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Delicious Rhône-style scrub & pepper. Very reticent, laid-back aromas of cherry, plum and spices. Soft, plummy and sweet; a distinctly polite style of Syrah with moderate complexity.
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Typical blackberry and spice notes mingle with Shiraz’s lavender and blueberry fruit. Accessible, honest and maturing wonderfully, this is an excellent effort from Kaapzicht.
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The bouquet shows red and black cherries, plums and hedgegrow fruit, fynbos, tilled earth and attractive oak-derived characteristics including vanilla and cinnamon – it’s deep and very alluring. The palate has huge fruit density – sweet in the best sense, almost liqueur-like – but there’s also bright vibrant acidity and the tannins are firm and pleasantly chewy. It’s a real statement wine – powerful but composed.
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This is a very elegant expression of Pinotage. On the bouquet there are notes of ripe,red fruit with floral tones and hints of lavender. The flavours follow through on the palate.
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Complex aromas of black cherry, mulberry, black pepper and black olives. The juicy entry transforms into a medium body with lively fresh vibrant acidity, juicy berry-fruit, sweet liquorice, violet flowers and pepper spice on the finish.
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From 2 blocks on the Helderberg, this is from 28 to 25 year old vines. There’s a core of blackcurrents, that are vibrant and refined. This is smoky and peppery, with lots of complexity on the finish. A delicious Stellenbosch Cabernet.
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A tribute to the Cape red blends of old (those that didn’t include Pinotage), this is an almost equal amalgam of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Cinsault. Made with 100% whole bunches, it’s another triumphant release from the Mullineux. Cassis and raspberry fruit flavours are supported by acidity and fine tannins with top notes of tobacco and Earl Grey tea.
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The intensely aromatic bouquet is full of red berry, spice and heathland character. The intense palate shows succulent mixed berries, charcuterie and some savoury notes. The grippy tannins give structure and texture to the finish.
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Louis is a blend of typical Southern Rhône grape varieties: Syrah, Carignan, Mourvèdre and Grenache. An intense colour, aromas and flavours of dark fruit, spice and earthy notes mingle beautifully, backed up by fine oak. Full bodied with a long, elegant finish.
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This Syrah is impressive enough to rival the best of the northern Rhone. Elegant and perfumed with violets, white pepper and blackcurrants. The palate is smooth and silky with plum, cassia, hints of olive tapenade and pepper. Overwhelmingly, this wine leaves you with a feeling of utter grace.
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Tucked into the foothills of a dramatic mountain range at the bottom of Africa is Lismore Estate Vineyards. Californian Samantha O’Keefe has found paradise and the perfect terroir. Her passion combined with vines planted at 30 meters, chilled by the winter snow and nourished by the African summer sun, produce classic cool climate wines which are rich, complex and lovingly handcrafted.
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The wine has an intense, dark purple colour with a violet rim; bright and vivacious in the glass, youthful. The bouquet is expressive with powerful cassis, plum, exotic spice and hints of floral aromas.
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It has a very attractive bouquet with pure Morello cherry and crushed strawberry aromas, fine energy. The palate is shows great tannin and crisp acidity. A touch of black pepper and spice is evident on the finish.
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Beautiful with aromas of black cherries, cassis, strawberries, toasted bread and cedar. The palate shows ripe red and black fruits alongside marzipan and a seductive vanilla. Excellent balance with soft acidity in respect of delicious fruit, rounded with long length on the finish.
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Blackberry, violet, licorice and herbs on the clean, high-pitched bouquet. Suave, brisk and light on its feet, offering excellent definition and grip to its black fruit and floral flavors. Really saturates the palate while retaining a light touch. Finishes with very fine-grained tannins and excellent rising length. Classy…
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A wonderfully aromatic red, all cracked pepper, lavender and clove, with a compact foundation of tannin and acidity. A wine that pushes the region’s stylistic boundaries.
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Exuberant and scented berry fruit flavour classic to the Hemel-en-Aarde area. Youthful acidity and grippy texture with a flirtatious, fruit assertive character on the finish.
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High on the southern slopes of the Groenland Mountains lies an isolated vineyard exposed to the elements of our cold climate. Wind whistles through the neighbouring fynbos, the only sound that breaks this eerie silence at altitude. Our Pinot Noir takes comfort in austerity. It thrives on hardship. And it lives alone in the Sounds of Silence.
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The palate is well structured with layers of red fruit, blackberries, a bit of dark chocolate and black pepper and a rich lingering aftertaste.
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Full-bodied with an array of red and black summer berries, savoury spice, floral and toasty wood flavours. The palate is poised with black fruit and chocolate notes, leading to a nicely poised velvety finish.
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An elegant wine with a soft entry but with a firm but supple finish. Dark inky black colour. Initial bouquet of floral petals, blackcurrant, fruitcake, white pepper and spice. Rounded tannins and ample fruit results in a layered and complex wine.
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Quite earthy character before red and black fruit, herbs, pepper and spice. Full bodied with fresh vibrant acidity and firm tannins, this has a slightly rustic quality about it although it certainly isn’t short of flavour. Sweet upfront but very dry on the finish.
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A perfumed and complex bouquet with upfront red fruit, violets and some spicy aromatics. Darker fruits and slight white pepper undertones follow through. The palate is fresh and vibrant with juicy tannins and a well balanced structure. Layers of cranberries, cherries and aniseed gives an elegant and well refined wine that will want you reaching for another glass.
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The vivacious blend of organic grapes from both Stellenbosch and Swartland give this wine flavours of black pepper, savoury spice and ripe red fruit and the limited oak contact and grippy tannins add to the wine’s appeal.
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A wonderfully perfumed bouquet with hints of blackcurrent, cherries, white pepper and thyme. The palate is intense, with layers of flavor. Fynbos, spice, black cherries and pepper notes complement each other in this regard. Ultimately this wine is fresh, elegant and has loads of finesse which compliments it’s complexity and depth.
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Delicate and alluring, this wine’s floral perfume is underscored by black cherry and pomegranate. Rich fruit persists on the palate, punctuated by notes of cherry stone and thyme. Fine, tannins are lifted by the palate’s supple texture and naturally vibrant acidity on the finish.
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Delicate and alluring, this wine’s floral perfume is underscored by black cherry and pomegranate. Rich fruit persists on the palate, punctuated by notes of cherry stone and thyme. Fine, tannins are lifted by the palate’s supple texture and naturally vibrant acidity on the finish.
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A fabulous, fully-charged expression of the varietal. Violet, lavender, bitter chocolate and lashings of purple berry fruit, morello cherry and rich vanilla cream take over the senses. More akin to a supercharged Cornas, there is a delightful underlying earthiness and bite which helps to balance the deep flavours.
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Bright fruit and hints of damson jam, cedar, graphite and classic notes of Bordelais-like cigar box, together with lifted violet and lavender notes from the blend’s majority Shiraz component. Move over Bordeaux, this is what it is all about!
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White pepper, violet-spiced and red cherry-styled Shiraz concentrate fills the palate in this vibrant release from Rustenberg. Accessible and boldly flavoured, no wonder this varietal is so highly regarded in Stellenbosch – this is a gem!
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French oak barrels are used for further ageing in additional 6 months on lees. The result is a “raw wine” with lively wild berries, blackcurrant notes on the bouquet combined with spicy elements. Middle of the road tannins with great flavour intensity on the finish.
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Made in the traditional style and aged for 3 years, the Steenberg 1682 Pinot Noir MCC has a luscious blush hue with aromas of fresh strawberries and cream. A delicate and elegant mousse carries these flavours through with a perfectly soft and creamy bubbles.
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This aromatic Rhône blend seamlessly integrates the rich flavours of Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Viognier. Notes of blackberries and juicy plum combine with white pepper, cloves and a lifted, floral aroma on the finish.
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