New at LEA and SANDEMAN
As good as we think our range is, we're always looking to improve it - there's always something new to tickle our fancy, something we haven't done before, or something we can do better than we did before. Progress never sleeps.
[Read more...]ALFONSO Oloroso Gonzalez Byass
Sherry Spain 18%
Palomino.
Relatively pale for an Oloroso. Rich and round on the attack but in fact totally dry. Notes of green olives, turning to a nutty and very long and intense finish. Delicious. (This is the base wine for GB's Mathusalem)
L&S2019 PETIT MANOU Médoc Clos Manou
Bordeaux France 14% Red
Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon.
This ripe wine offers dark-chocolate flavors over tannins and young black fruit. It is dense, piled with tannins and ripe blackberry flavors.
Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast www.winemag.com2021 HERBARIUM Cape Red Maanschijn
South Africa 12.5% Red
Mourvèdre, Pinotage, Syrah, Grenache. Practising Organic
Herbarium is a floral, beautifully balanced, four-way blend of mostly Pinotage with 44% Mourvèdre, Syrah and Grenache from Bot River, Stanford, Sondagskloof and the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Fresh, pale and refined,...(read more)
L&S2021 MOULIN A VENT Empreinte Domaine Paul Janin et Fils
Beaujolais France 13% Red
Gamay. Certified Organic
The Empreinte is really a calling card for the house style - but done in a way that means this is great to drink immediately, whereas the Tremblay and Heritage can be held for at least 5 years - and longer if you can res...(read more)
L&S2021 HERBARIUM Cape White Maanschijn
South Africa 13.5% White
Muscat d'Alexandrie, Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, Chenin Blanc.
Douglas Mylrea and Paul Hoogwerf use grapes from four vineyards in different parts of Walker Bay to produce this intriguing, finely judged medley of Sauvignon Blanc with 33% Chenin Blanc, 22% Semillon and 1% Muscat d'Ale...(read more)
Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com2020 REBELLIE Grenache Van Niekerk Vintners
Bot River South Africa 13% Red
Grenache.
In the late 1600s a prosperous farmer, Cornelis van Niekerk and eight others took a stance against the Cape’s corrupt governor by refusing to sell their wine to the dishonest regime. Instead, they sold directly to passin...(read more)
L&S2021 MOYA MEAKER Riesling Elgin
Elgin South Africa 12% White
Riesling.
Winemaker Jean Smit has produced a delicious dry Riesling from the Habibi Farm vineyard in Elgin, where the ancient Bokkeveld soils are rich in shale and clay. Intense lime fruit on the nose with subtle stony minerality...(read more)
L&SSTACCATO Brut Crémant de Bourgogne Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau
Burgundy France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
2020 BOURGOGNE CÔTE D'OR ROUGE Domaine Chicotot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France 14.5% Red
Pinot Noir. Certified Organic
2021 AUDITORI BLANC Vinyes Velles Magiques Acústic Celler
Montsant Spain 14% White
Garnacha Blanco, Xarel lo, Macabeu. Certified Organic
Organically produced from grapes sourced fromAlbert's three oldest parcels, all with vines older than 70 years old. The Garnacha Blanca, was planted in 1939 in Els Guiaments; Macabeo in 1950 in the Tros de Marmellans vin...(read more)
L&S2021 GRENACHE BLANC Thompson Vineyard Santa Barbara A Tribute to Grace
Santa Barbara Highlands California USA 13.5% White
Grenache Blanc.
The first white wine we've taken from Angela at Tribute Grace and it's absolutely gorgeous. Unlike many other Grenache Blancs you'll find from other corners of the globe. Intensely floral, full of jasmine and white bloss...(read more)
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