Swartland
Swartland
Dorrance Wines 2023 Cinsault
South African Red
$33.99
Violet, spice and purple-fruit notes sit in a medium- to full-bodied Cinsault with fine texture, firm but approachable tannins and a fresh, lingering finish. The grapes were left as whole bunches, without crushing or destemming, and fermented in open tanks. Seventy percent matured in stainless steel and thirty percent in old French oak; sulphur was the only addition.
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.
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.
Lammershoek 2006 Roulette Red Swartland
South African Red
$48.99
Warm fragrant spice, bright red fruit and fynbos appear with freshness, mouth-filling red fruit, fine tannins, minerality and a spicy, peppery finish. The blend includes Syrah, Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Viognier. Grapes are hand sorted before cold maceration and fermentation in open concrete vats. After malolactic fermentation in concrete, maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, twenty percent new, before bottling without fining or filtration.
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 2021 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.
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.
Mullineux Olerasay No. 2 Solera-Aged Straw Wine 375 mL
South African Dessert
$144.99
Baked apricot, honeysuckle and marmalade rise from a deep golden glass, followed by honeyed richness and a gentle nutty edge. The palate is intensely concentrated yet held in balance by vivid acidity, so the natural sweetness feels bright rather than heavy. A long, layered finish carries dried fruit and citrus peel. Serve lightly chilled with hazelnut tart, blue cheese or fruit-based desserts; a small pour is ample.