South Africa
South Africa’s wine industry is celebrated for its vibrant diversity, producing exceptional wines from regions like Stellenbosch, Paarl, and the Cape Winelands. Known for its unique varietals, including Chenin Blanc and Pinotage, the industry emphasizes sustainable practices and innovation, delivering high-quality wines that reflect the country’s rich terroir and cultural heritage.
Mulderbosch 2024 Rose Cabernet Sauvignon
$22.99The bouquet is fresh – imagine a bowl of fresh summer fruits, strawberries, and red florals. Finely concentrated on the palate with restrained flavours of strawberries. The mouthfeel is fresh and crisp with mouthwatering acidity.
Mulderbosch 2023 Sauvignon Blanc
$26.99This is a crisp, lively wine with well-fashioned fruit and an uplifting personality. It shows intense, generous tropical fruit, apple, citrus, gooseberry, fresh-cut grass, herbs and mineral. Quite finessed, it’s ideal for sipping or pairing with grilled veggies or grilled seafood.
Mulderbosch 2023 Chenin Blanc
$27.99Appearance is delightfully fresh, showing pale straw-green hues. The nose has initial savoury, herbal aromatics leading to subtle stone fruit and delicate citrus blossom notes. There is a distinct white peach character, as well as a fine, very pleasing oak presence. It shows sensational freshness, and creates a long lasting finish that literally meanders for minutes after each delicious sip.
Springfield Estate Wild Yeast Chardonnay
$44.99A compelling and unwooded Chardonnay. Naturally fermented with wild yeasts and aged on lees, it shows ripe pear, white peach and lemon curd with a subtle creamy texture balanced by bright minerality. Crafted with a minimal-intervention philosophy in Robertson Valley, this is a Chardonnay that feels expressive, textured and quietly complex.
Graceland 2024 Strawberry Stellenbosch
$46.99This wine is an exquisite blend of complexity and grace, boasting prominent fruit aromas reminiscent of blackberries, tart cherries, cassis, and subtle hints of strawberries.
Its structure is impeccably balanced, offering a rich, creamy body that envelopes the palate. Velvety in texture, it delivers a mouth-filling experience complemented by harmoniously integrated barrel nuances and undertones of dark chocolate.
The ripe tannins reflect the characteristic structure of Shiraz, culminating in a lingering finish that defines elegance reminiscent of Bordeaux-style wines.
Scali 2016 Syrah
$53.99Seductive ripe, dark red fruit and floral notes with pepper, fynbos and fennel spices, and a good dollop of minerality. A long, lingering, well balanced after taste of succulent fruit with excellent tannin structure. We recommend ageing of 5 to 10 years during which time sediment may be deposited in the bottle, and that this wine be decanted.
Rust En Vrede 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon
$61.99Expressive black fruit jumps out of the glass. Juicy black cherry and cassis combine with blueberries, licorice and sandalwood. Full bodied and intense on the palate. Fine grained, grippy tannins balance well with a fresh, black-fruit acidity. Tobacco, nutmeg and savory spice bring complex layers to mulberry and bramble fruit that round out the palate. A typically well-structured Cabernet with excellent length.
91pts Wine Spectator: ‘A fresh, harmonious Cabernet, offering ripe boysenberry and cassis fruit flavors counterpointed by savory notes of bay leaf, graphite, smoke and woodsy spices, with refined tannins. Drink now through 2028.’
Graceland 2020 Three Graces
$66.99The core qualities of South Africa’s Graceland Vineyards are embodied by “The Three Graces”, drawing inspiration from the Greek mythological figures representing Beauty, Joy, and Charm.
Crafted as the vineyard’s flagship blend, Three Graces seamlessly combines Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Shiraz. The subdued influence of the cooler style Shiraz results in an elegant, Bordeaux-like blend with fine, smooth tannins.
