A complex straw wine, a sweet wine, that does not finish sweet in the mouth owing to the overall acidity. It develops wonderfully in the glass to reveal autumn fruit on the nose and summer fruits in the mouth. Alcohol 14.0%.375ml bottle
This is a very delicately perfumed very pale rosé made from Pinotage. The aroma is geranium and fynbos with a hint of wild strawberry. It is a very refreshing rose. The wine spent a year in barrel, which is unusual for rose wines. Vines are grown on decomposed granite at about 380 meters above sea level. Vines planted in 1997, so already over 20 years of age. Alcohol 11.5%. 750 ml. 100% Pinotage.
In the glass, it is noticeably lighter colored than their other reds and has tantalizing aromas of sour cherries and cranberry. On the palate, it is reasonably light-bodied with a tight seam of acidity that underpins the characteristic tart red fruit flavors. The finish is gloriously mouth-watering. Alcohol 13.7%. 750 ml. 100% Sangiovese.
This Mourvédre, from 2015, which was a very good year, has lots of spice on top of dense wild fruit. Prominent acids leave the palate clean and refreshed with a long peppery finish. This wine is best decanted for a few hours to allow flavors to develop, as it is still youthful. Alcohol 14%. 750 ml. 100% Mourvédre.
In the glass, This Pinotage is a deep vermillion and has a nose packed with strawberry. It carries through onto the palate with a strong taste of strawberry, not sweet yet incredibly fragrant. This wine sells out early in the season and is coveted by local oenophiles.
Alcohol 13.3%. 750 ml. 100% Pinotage.
The Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard of about 700 vines was planted in 1997 on granite sands. Around a hectare of Sangiovese was planted on decomposed granite in 1999.
Deep red in color, almost purple. In the nose obvious cherry and cranberry. On the tongue, the Sangiovese persists. The sugar-free extract is high as with all of their wines, so there are intense mouthfeel and a long aftertaste. The wine changes in glass, so that after time the coffee/green bean/blackcurrant starts coming through, making it a very enjoyable and rewarding wine. Alcohol 13.3%. 750 ml. 60% Sangiovese / 40% Cabernet Sauvignon.
This champagne-style sparkling wine is 100% Chardonnay. A true Blanc De Blancs
This bubbly has a very fine mousse, it is like drinking fresh air. Absolutely delicious. Alcohol 11.5%
Blanc de Blancs is characterized by clean and crisp flavors, appealingly acidic notes, subtle minerality, and, in some cases, a bready and yeasty backbone developed through fermentation, which grounds and anchors the wine.
The Orion’s Belt is made in the ancestral French way, which, unlike Methode Cap Classique, adds nothing to the fermentation in the bottle, using only its own sugars and wild yeasts. It is usually called a méthode ancestrale. Alc. 10.5% 750 ml 100% Chardonnay
Ancestral Method: An inexpensive but risky and difficult-to-control method of producing sparkling wine, and almost certainly the oldest, in which the primary fermentation is stopped before completing, and a secondary fermentation occurs in the bottle, ending when the yeast cells deplete the supply of residual sugar. There is no dosage, or sugar addition, to kick-start the secondary fermentation, and the wine is not disgorged to remove any sediment or lees remaining afterward. Also known as a Pét Nat.
It has a delicate pink hue due to the inclusion of Pinotage, which also brings a great deal of red fruit to the wine. The nose and palate showing lots of delicious strawberry and raspberry flavors. This is balanced by the crisp apple acidity of the Chenin Blanc and is rounded off by a delicate but long-lasting mousse and earthiness from the Pinotage. Alc. 11.5%. 750 ml. 50% Chenin Blanc / 50% Pinotage
The Méthode Cap Classique is a category of sparkling wines made in South Africa. It means the bubbly was made in the traditional method of Champagne production, where a secondary fermentation happens inside the bottle. It’s more labor-intensive than other methods.
Muted toast and butter underpin natural Chardonnay fruit. This is a notably fresh wine where the fruit dominates over oak and is perfect for spring and summer drinking. Alcohol 12.0%. 750 ml. 100% Chardonnay.