South Africa

A gorgeous little Rhone style red from the wonderful Charles Withington. Full of blackberry, plum, herbs and spice, nice grip, not heavy but mouthfilling with enough guts to match BBQ meats.

This wine has aromas of black cherry infused with cardamom and nutmeg on the nose. Intense fruit on the palate, is balanced by savoury character. It is medium bodied with nicely tempered oak.

This is bravely labelled 'Vin Ordinaire' - but it is far from ordinary. The idea is to be a no-frills, delicious-drinking red - and with this aim in mind, it is mission accomplished. This red is...(read more)

Bright, fruit-filled Cabernet Franc which has nice echos of the Loire about it with grassy hints on the edges of the red berry characters. Nice for simple suppers, over-loaded pizzas, a simple br...(read more)

Intense dark purple in colour with a violet rim. The nose is expressive with ripe blackcurrant fruit, plums, spice and lifted floral aromas. On the palate it is medium-bodied with flavours of cas...(read more)

A fragrant and attractively fresh nose of brambleberries, spices, cinnamon, licorice and tar. The palate has all the dark plummy fruit you would expect, but it's delivered in a compact package th...(read more)

South Africa's signature grape variety presented in an exciting brambly joy of a wine. Uncomplicated, nicely refreshing but with dark hidden edges to the fruit. One to drink without ceremony but...(read more)

The 2012 Estate Reserve Red is a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Syrah, 11% Petit Verdot and 6% Merlot, matured in around 30% new oak for 18 months. It has an attractive nose of black fruit, given a n...(read more)

In 2014 the conditions were tricky here in the glorious Hemel-en-Aarde Valley - and as is often the way it was the sensitive Pinot Noir grapes that were the worst affected. Yields are down and th...(read more)

For this pure expression of their top Syrah every care is taken to deliver clean, bright fruit to the glass. All hand harvested and de-stemmed with 100% whole berries only going in to the open to...(read more)