AALTO Ribera del Duero 2022
Aalto 2022 is a concentrated red wine, with a purple color, very elegant and powerful. On the nose, it's very complex, with notes of red fruits and hints of spices (licorice). On the palate, it's silky and well-balanced, with a very tasty acidity. Impossible to have just one glass!
Red wine Aged in wood. 20 months in French and American oak barrels.
94 Parker Points
Corino Nebbiolo Langhe 2023
Corino Nebbiolo Langhe 2023 has a bright color with ruby tones and violet reflections. Its aromatic profile is fragrant and lively with notes of berries, sour cherries, and violets. On the palate, it is fresh and exuberant with a medium body and silky tannins. The finish is long and fresh. It is a young wine ready to drink immediately, which pairs perfectly with pasta with ragù, mushroom risotto, and truffle mac and cheese.
Balnaves Cabernet – Merlot 2020
Hartenberg The Megan 2016
Hartenberg The Megan 2016
TASTING NOTES:
Vibrant red cherry, Karoo shrub and spicy notes on the bouquet. Incredibly soft on palate entry. The mid-palate is creamy, juicy,
bursting with flavour and finishes with a very moreish, lingering aftertaste. Fine dry tannins will ensure beneficial further ageing.
85% Shiraz
12% Grenache
3% Mourvedre
94/100 Tim Atkin MW
Warwick Estate The First Lady Rose 2024
Warwick Estate First Lady Rose 2023 is an elegant wine that's a gorgeous luminescent rose gold in the glass, that boasts inviting notes of summer juicy strawberry and white fleshy chin dripping delicious ripe French peaches, crisp crunchy red cherries, accented by zesty citrus and spice. The crisp, textured palate is complemented by a long and lingering acidity. Indulge in a luxurious taste sensation.
92pts – Prescient Rosé Report 2023
93 - Deano da Vino
Meerlust Rubicon 2016 Magnum Gift Tin
The Meerlust Rubicon 2016 (Magnum) shows great charm and drinkability even at this early stage, no doubt a result of the high Merlot and Cabernet Franc composition. We were very cautious with regards to tannic structure as some of the later Cabs exhibited astringency which we wanted to minimise in the final blend. Wonderful exotic aromas of plum, sandalwood and perfume, still with a touch of creamy vanilla. The palate is medium bodied with a forward dark fruit flavour of cassis and mulberry followed by a lithe tannic structure fleshed out with juicy fruit. The impression is one of litheness and grace rather than over-arching power.
Blend Information
49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
Mullineux Syrah 2021
The Mullineux Syrah 2021 has Swartland aromatic notes of spicy citrus zest, black fruit, and violets, which follow through on the palate. The wine is elegant and restrained yet has good body and a silky texture balanced by a fresh, natural acidity. The finish is long with supple, dusty tannins.
Deano
Constantia Glen THREE 2022
Constantia Glen THREE 2022 is youthful in appearance, this wine has a deep ruby hue. Beautiful concentration of dark fruit aromas on the nose with pronounced blackcurrant and ripe plum is complemented by a subtle touch of dried herbs and a hint of spice. There is a lovely savory complexity beyond the initial ripe fruit with lingering notes of white pepper, graphite, and cedar. The wine is rich and textured, with elegant, velvety, fine-grain tannins that grip the palate in a vibrant intensity of flavour. This wine is poised, elegant and with it’s inherent freshness, brings about a long, well-defined finish. While this wine comes across as tightly wound in its youth, it holds significant ageing potential
Holden Manz Proprietor’s White Blend 2022
Holden Manz Proprietor's White Blend 2021/22
Blend: 40% Chardonnay, 40% Viognier, 20% Chenin Blanc
COLOUR
Pale gold.
NOSE
A bright, flinty nose with lime, green apples, tangerine and honeysuckle.
PALATE
12 months lees contact adds a creaminess and complexity, presenting an appealing full mouth and length. Elegant flavours of citrus and white blossom, knit with a minerality, some salinity and complex acidity provide a long, smooth finish.
Crystallum The Agnes Chardonnay 2024
Crystallum The Agnes Chardonnay 2024 — Sea shells, flint and yellow stone fruits show on the nose ahead of a full, mouth-coating palate with elements of golden delicious apple, salted caramel, lime and beeswax. The finish is saline and long, recalling the ocean with a nori-like character to the lingering aftertaste. Generous but expertly balanced.
Ataraxia Pinot Noir 2020
Ataraxia Pinot Noir 2020
This Pinot Noir has an intriguing luminous hue that reflects rather than absorbs light. A compellingly seductive bouquet offers up a fine blend of aromas of red cherries, pomegranate, delicate forest floor and a hint of spice and new oak. On the palate the wine is sensual and embracing, with a captivating mid-palate depth, lovely transparency and excellent focus on the suavely tannic finish. A wine that seeks to ask questions of one’s palate, promising simultaneously to engage one in reflective conversation and company.
Ataraxia Chardonnay 2023
Ataraxia Chardonnay 2023
An epitome of South African wine, this soil-driven Chardonnay is New World in provenance but Old World in stylistic leaning. Athletic in structure, it effortlessly manages to be both subtle and intense. It is vibrant and spicy, with alluring creamy notes. An assertive mineral acidity beautifully balances a compelling intensity of fruit. There is a surprising touch of “grip” to the finish deftly rounded off with complex savoury, briny, and flinty notes. A stylish, world-class Chardonnay.
