South Africa
The rapid renaissance of the South African wine business after the fall of apartheid has been remarkable and continues apace. Clustered, mostly, around the Cape, South Africa’s vineyards produce a charming variety of wines of all persuasions – red, white, sweet and sparkling.
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2020 INDABA WESTERN CAPE Chenin Blanc
Western Cape South Africa White
Chenin Blanc.
Brilliantly made Chenin Blanc from the Western Cape. All about freshness here, with no oak whatsoever. Citrus and green apple on the nose that continues on the palate. For the price, this wine certainly over delivers. Lo...(read more)
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2021 RUSTENBERG Sauvignon Blanc
Stellenbosch South Africa 13.5% White
Sauvignon Blanc.
Lovely pungent kiwi and passion fruit, bright and pure with a citrus back note. Clean and precise. Lovely tropical fruit, elegant, nicely composed with good balance and length.
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2020 RUSTENBERG Roussanne
Stellenbosch South Africa White
Roussanne.
Roussanne is a grape variety originally hailing from the southern Rhone Valley in France, and it's quite unusual to find it in South Africa. A lovely bold, rich, honey flecked white with wild flowers, quince and a nice c...(read more)
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2019 CROCODILE'S LAIR Chardonnay Bouchard Finlayson
Stellenbosch South Africa 13.5% White
Chardonnay.

2019 MISSIONVALE Chardonnay Bouchard Finlayson
South Africa White
Chardonnay.
Invitingly rich, with textbook mineral intensity slicing through bright peach and fresh grapefruit flavours. Ginger and nutmeg spiced notes also present. Balanced oak and fruit complexities are focused by a refreshing le...(read more)
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2019 DEMORGENZON Reserve Chenin Blanc
Stellenbosch South Africa 14% White
Chenin Blanc.
DeMorgenzon’s Chenin Blanc comes from low-yielding vines planted in 1972, which were originally planted as bush vines but recently lifted onto trellises. The vines are planted in decomposed granite soils, at altitudes of...(read more)
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2020 DAMASCENE Chenin Blanc Stellenbosch
South Africa 13.5% White
Chenin Blanc.
A blend of three mountainous Stellenbosch vineyards. The wine is supremely expressive of these distinct sites, with soils of pure shale, Greywacke and granite; aromatics of waxy flowers popping open in the breeze, crushe...(read more)
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2020 DAMASCENE Franschoek Semillon
Franschoek South Africa White
Sémillon.
From historic bush vines planted in 1942 and 1962. Shaped by the decades, these vines produce concentrated Sémillon pearls, interspersed with the mysterious, old vine oddity, the mutated Sémillon Gris. Pict...(read more)
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