South Africa
South Africa
Kelvin Feku 2022 Grenache Noir
South African Red
$39.99
Pale crimson in colour, the wine brings wild raspberry, cherry and smoked plum with tobacco and rooibos. The finish is saline. Grenache Noir comes from dryland vines rooted in Malmesbury shale and Glenrosa soils in Wellington. The fruit was basket pressed, and maturation lasted nine months in foudre. The release comes from South Africa’s Coastal Region and carries 13 percent alcohol.
Dorrance 2023 Rosé
South African Rosé
$37.99
Wild berries and fresh white peach meet a touch of spice and summer-fruit flavours. The palate is soft, and the wine remains easy to drink. Cinsault comes from a single vineyard in the Paardeberg. The fruit was fermented in stainless steel, then remained on its lees. The wine is dry, with 12.5 percent alcohol, 2.0 grams per litre of residual sugar and 6.9 grams per litre of total acidity.
Natte Valleij 2021 Coastal Cinsault
South African Red
$41.99
Earthy wild strawberry, red fruit and dusty rose meet floral, potpourri and spicy freshness. The palate is medium-bodied and fleshy, with mineral tension and a soft finish. Cinsault comes from five dryland bush-vine parcels ranging from fourteen to fifty years old. The wine is wild fermented, matured in concrete eggs and foudres, bottled unfiltered and classified as vegan.
Spier 2018 Creative Block 3
South African Red
$48.99
Shiraz, Mourvèdre and Viognier form this red blend from South Africa’s Coastal Region. Violets, black cherry and mulberry appear with black pepper and fennel. The mid-palate is silky and rich, with concentrated fruit and dense tannins. Grapes are harvested by hand, fermented for up to two weeks, and matured for sixteen months in French and American oak barrels.
Spier 2019 21 Gables Chenin Blanc
South African White
$51.99
Dry-farmed Chenin vines grow in decomposed Malmesbury shale on the Tygerberg hills, fifteen kilometres from the ocean. Six hours of skin contact and overnight settling precede fermentation in French oak vessels of several sizes. The wine remains on its lees in barrel for fourteen months. White peach, pear, toasted almond and wood spice accompany a creamy palate and white-grapefruit acidity.
BLANKbottle 2016 Nothing to Declare
South African White
$41.99
Marsanne, Fernão Pires, Viura, Clairette Blanche, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris and Viognier come from across the Western Cape. Herbal and anise notes accompany quince, Sicilian lemon, pear, peach blossom and apricot. Moderate acidity keeps the wine fresh, while an oily texture and fynbos scent shape the 13.5% palate. The cuvée pays tribute to vine smugglers who worked around restrictions to make wines from the grapes they wanted.
Intellego 2021 Kedungu
South African Red
$42.99
Hand-harvested Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Syrah and Pinotage were fermented separately, mostly under carbonic conditions, with some open-top semi-carbonic treatment. After eight days, the lots were pressed into neutral French barrels, aged for ten months, blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulphur addition. Red and black berries, wild herbs, earth and black pepper appear with tart-fruit acidity and a long finish.
Ken Forrester 2024 Roussanne
South African White
$42.99
Hand-harvested Roussanne was fermented at cool temperature and bottled early to preserve fresh fruit. Quince and pear-drop aromas appear with green apple and grapefruit. The wine carries 13.5% alcohol, 5.5 grams per litre total acidity and 1.9 grams per litre residual sugar. This still white comes from Stellenbosch in South Africa’s Western Cape and is suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
Sons of Sugarland 2023 Barbera
South African Red
$44.99
The fruit comes from a single vineyard in Goudini, a ward of Breedekloof, rooted in river pebbles and sandstone. Whole bunches fermented before eleven months in neutral four-hundred-litre barrels. Bright, juicy fruit includes fragrant plum, herbal boysenberry and wild blueberry. Tannins are nearly negligible, while cracked pepper appears on the finish. Alcohol is thirteen percent.
Gabriëlskloof 2023 Whole Bunch Syrah
South African Red
$45.99
Purple flowers, sour fig, dark chocolate and wet earth accompany blueberry, black cherry, black olive, clove, salted liquorice and cured meats. Powdery tannins and fresh acidity are also present. The Syrah is hand-picked, lightly crushed and whole-bunch fermented for ten days. Maturation lasts ten months, with three quarters in steel tanks and one quarter in older barrels.
Swerwer 2022 Red Blend
South African Red
$49.99
Crushed plum, wild blackberry, cherry and anise accompany fynbos, dried herbs, fine black-tea tannins and a lingering saline finish. The palate is juicy. Cinsault and Grenache from granite soils are co-fermented with ten percent Tinta Barocca from a drier, clay-soiled vineyard. Native yeasts are used for fermentation, and the wine spends eleven months in large, old oak foudre.
Swerwer 2023 Chenin Blanc
South African White
$49.99
Citrus pith, Bosc pear and fynbos accompany a fine texture and a saline finish. Chenin comes from four dry-farmed, granitic Paardeberg vineyards, with vines averaging forty years. Around five percent of the fruit receives skin contact. Native fermentation and ten months on lees take place in older French barrels, while the finished wine is medium bodied.
Craven Wines 2024 Pinot Gris
South African Red
$49.99
Coppery colour and chalky tannin accompany Pinot Gris from the Newlands vineyard, planted on Koffieklip soil in Stellenbosch. The fruit is destemmed into concrete tanks and receives a light pump-over once daily. Skin contact lasts six days. Fermentation and ageing take place entirely in concrete, including six further months after pressing. Alcohol is 12.95 percent.
Intellego 2020 Chenin Blanc
South African White
$49.99
Hay, naartjie, peach and cut apple appear with fresh acidity and a gently savoury finish. The medium-bodied wine is made entirely from Chenin grown on a single Paardeberg hillside vineyard of nineteen-year-old bush vines. Hand-harvested fruit is whole-bunch pressed with solids, and spontaneous fermentation takes place in neutral 500-litre French foudres. The wine ages eleven months on gross lees without bâtonnage and is bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small sulphur addition.
Anthonij Rupert 2021 Optima
South African Red
$49.99
Fruitcake, cedar, cocoa and dried lavender define the bouquet. The palate is broad, fleshy, succulent, soft, rounded and silky, with spice, rich dark fruitcake and a lingering dry tail. Whole berries are double-sorted, then fermented dry on the skins and given extended post-fermentation maceration. Fermentation uses French oak and stainless steel, followed by malolactic fermentation and twenty months in French oak barrels, thirty percent new.
Craven Wines 2024 The Firs Syrah Stellenbosch
South African Red
$54.99
Violets, blackberry, leafy notes and pepper accompany a sappy palate with concentrated fruit, bright acidity and firm tannins. Syrah from a Devon Valley vineyard planted in the year two thousand grows in deep, clay-rich red soils. Whole bunches are lightly foot-stomped, with gentle pumpovers once or twice daily. After pressing, the wine matures for ten months in concrete. Alcohol is thirteen point zero three percent.
L’Ormarins 2020 Blanc de Blancs Méthode Cap Classique
South African Sparkling
$54.99
Fine bubbles accompany lime leaf, sea breeze, floral notes, honey and dried apple. Lime, lemon sherbet and grapefruit appear with toasted, creamy oatmeal-cookie flavours. The palate is full, rounded and textural, with acidity and a long finish. Chardonnay was whole-bunch pressed; ten percent of the base fermented in barrel for twelve weeks, and the wine spent three to four years on lees in bottle.
Idun 2022 L’Intemporelle Cap Classique Brut Nature
South African Sparkling
$56.99
Lemon zest, green apple, crushed oyster shell and delicate flowers appear in a taut profile. The palate is dry and chiselled, with a fine bead, salinity, length and linear mineral character. The blend is seventy percent Pinot Noir and thirty percent Chardonnay from a single vineyard at 300 metres. Ten percent of the base wine fermented in seasoned French oak and the remainder in stainless steel. The wine spent thirty-one months on lees and was disgorged without dosage.
Idun 2022 L’Impassible Cap Classique Brut
South African Sparkling
$56.99
Citrus blossom, red apple, crushed raspberry and toasted brioche shape the bouquet. Lemon zest and almond accompany a fine mousse, crisp acidity and a long mineral finish. The blend is seventy percent Pinot Noir and thirty percent Chardonnay from a single vineyard at 300 metres. Eight percent of the base wine fermented in seasoned French oak, with the balance in stainless steel. The wine spent thirty-one months on lees.
Spier 2017 21 Gables Pinotage Stellenbosch
South African Red
$61.99
Deep ruby colour is present with caramelized black cherry, blackberry, allspice and dark chocolate. The palate is generous, with dense fruit, velvety tannins, balance and length. Grapes from the Stellenbosch vineyard are hand-harvested, destemmed and individually sorted. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel. The wine matures for twenty months in French, American and Hungarian oak barrels, using both first-fill and second-fill vessels.
Donkiesbaai 2019 Suiderkruis Piekenierskloof Red
South African Red
$64.99
Cinsault accounts for forty-nine percent of the blend, Grenache Noir forty-two percent and Syrah nine percent. The varieties mature separately for twelve months in seasoned 500-litre French oak barrels. Cranberry, watermelon, blueberry and cinnamon are present, with delicate tannins, earth and new leather. The finish carries cranberry and redcurrant. Alcohol is 12.96 percent, and the wine comes from Piekenierskloof.
Ken Forrester 2022 The FMC Chenin Blanc
South African White
$79.99
Chenin comes from low-yielding bush vines planted in nineteen seventy-four on Clovelly soil. The fruit is hand selected at full maturity. Fermentation and maturation take place over twelve months in new four-hundred-litre barrels, with time on the lees. Pear, lemon, peach and apricot appear with honeysuckle, dried apricot, vanilla and honey. The profile is fresh, and the finish is long and pithy.
Hamilton Russell Vineyards 2023 Chardonnay Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
South African White
$104.99
Pear and lime appear with a tight mineral character. Bright natural acidity runs through the wine, and the finish is long, dry and mineral. Chardonnay grows on low-vigour, stony, clay-rich soils derived from shale. The wine is fermented entirely in 300-litre French-oak barrels and aged for nine months. Alcohol is 13.22 percent, and production totals 3,848 twelve-bottle cases.
Mvemve Raats 2014 MR de Compostella
South African Red
$114.99
Green herbs, peppercorn, laurel, blackcurrant leaf and plum skin are present. Ripe plum and berry flavours accompany fine tannins with a pronounced dusty grip and a long, dry finish. The colour is deep ruby. Mineral, dark berry and dark chocolate notes are also present. Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot make up the blend.
Anthonij Rupert 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon
South African Red
$119.99
Tea leaf, violets, dark Christmas cake and black cherry form a layered nose. The palate is rich, with brewed tea, tomato leaf, spice and cedar. The wine is structured, balanced and long. Cabernet Sauvignon comes mainly from Franschhoek, with a smaller portion from Groenekloof in Darling. Fermentation uses wild yeasts, and maturation lasts twenty-four months in French oak, sixty percent new.
Meerlust 2024 Chardonnay
South African White
$61.99
Bright pale yellow colour has a green hue. Pear, lemon zest, yellow apple and toasted almond appear in the delicate aroma. The palate is structured and linear, with focused stone fruit, balanced acidity, citrus and minerality. Fruit comes from weathered granite and rocky greywacke with shale. Fermentation uses selected yeast or proceeds spontaneously in barrels and concrete, followed by maturation and light fining.
Donkiesbaai 2022 Steen Chenin Blanc
South African White
$63.99
Fresh straw colour accompanies peach, lime, macadamia nougat, elderflower and oak. The Chenin is round and rich, with mineral detail and a full, balanced finish. Grapes were destemmed, crushed, pressed and settled overnight. The wine uses a combination of stainless steel, French barriques, concrete eggs and clay amphorae. It is dry, with 13.11 percent alcohol and 1.9 grams per litre residual sugar.
Crystallum 2024 The Agnes Chardonnay
South African White
$67.99
Sliced bread, apple, nutmeg and lemon rind appear with wet-stone and seashell notes. The Chardonnay is creamy, fresh, medium-to-full-bodied and textural, with a salty finish. Spearmint and green apple are joined by butterscotch, golden apple, yellow pear and floral detail. The layered profile has a steely edge. Fruit comes from multiple vineyard sites in the Western Cape.
Tesselaarsdal 2021 Chardonnay
South African White
$74.99
Citrus blossom, sweet lemongrass and lees spice accompany fine, dusty minerality. The Chardonnay has a compact, radiant profile and a long, gentle palate that is expressive, classical and restrained. Fruit comes from unirrigated vines in the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. Six months of ageing uses fifty-eight percent old French oak, twenty-four percent amphorae and eighteen percent stainless steel. Alcohol is 12.75 percent.
Crystallum 2024 Peter Max Pinot Noir
South African Red
$71.99
Red cherry, cranberry, rose and lavender accompany a dense, focused Pinot Noir with fine, grippy tannins and fruit weight. Fruit from coastal Hemel-en-Aarde sites and a high-altitude inland vineyard is harvested by hand. Approximately half is destemmed and half remains in whole clusters. Natural fermentation precedes four weeks of maceration, followed by nine months in lightly toasted French-oak barrels. The wine carries fourteen percent alcohol.