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AA Badenhorst Family Red 2007
"One of South Africa’s great wines" - The Wine Anorak  View Full Details
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AA Badenhorst Family White 2008
"Wild and windblown and intriguing" - Jancis Robinson View Full Details
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AA Badenhorst Secateurs Red 2011
The aromas are perfumed, peppery, spicey, smokey & exhibit ripe red fruit notes. Supple, smooth on entry but with enough grip to end dry and refreshing . In the mouth the texture & fineness of fruit tannin and drinkability of the wine is immediately evident. View Full Details
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Alta Cima 4.090 Carménère 2009
The Carménère 4.090 from the 2009 harvest has a deep ruby-red colour with dark violet shades. View Full Details
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Alta Cima 4.090 Merlot 2011
Our 2009 Altacima 4.090 Merlot has an intense and attractive red colour. View Full Details
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Alta Cima 6.330 Assemblage 2010
Our 6.330 blend 2008 harvest has an intense and deep red colour. Complex to the nose, this wine combines fruity aromas such as cranberry, cassis and plum with sweet spices such as vanilla and finishing with some toasted notes. When in the mouth, it is full-bodied with an intensely fruity flavour and a long persistent ending. View Full Details
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Alta Cima 6.330 Late Harvest Gewürztraminer 2011 375ml
100% Gewürztraminer 2011 from the Lontue Valley, Chile. It is very complex to the nose and intensely aromatic, exposing traces of candied fruit, spices and rose petals aromas. It is full-bodied when in the mouth, possessing an elegant and balanced acidity that gives it vitality. Its sweetness makes it silky and creamy, leaving the mouth with a very powerful finish. This wine has great potential for bottle ageing.View Full Details
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Alta Cima Ikono Ataraxia 2009
This wine has an intense and deep colour which is an indication of its structure. It has fruity aromas such as cassis, plum, raspberry that combine harmonically with sweet spicy aromas of vanilla and toast.
In the mouth it is full-bodied and concentrated; its tannins are embracing, leaving a powerful and persistent sensation. View Full Details
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Anselmi Realda Cabernet Sauvignon 2003
100% cool climate cabernet sauvignon from a small 1.5 ha single vineyard. Extremely elegant with superb structure and subtle oak treatment. 18 months in Troncais barriques.
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Bladen Botrytised Riesling 375ml 2011
Intense and quite luscious wine with a mix of botrytis honey and varietal tree fruit and citrus flavours. Balanced, complete wine that gets a tick in just about every box - Bob Campbell 5 Star and Top 5: Cuisine Magazine Dessert Wine Annual Tasting View Full Details Bladen Gewurztraminer 2011
4 STARS IN CUISINE MAGAZINE 2013 Specifications: Alcohol: 14.5% Residual Sugar: 14.5 g/L pH: 3.67 Titratable Acidity: 3.6 g/L Viticulture: Climate: The early ripening season was cooler than average, resulting in a late flowering. However, warm dry conditions over budburst and later in the season lead to balanced yields, clean fruit and excellent flavours. Tasting Notes: Colour: Deep straw Nose: Spice, orange peel, Turkish delight and lychee. Palate A full-bodied, opulent wine with a characteristic rich, oily texture. Lychee, spice and Turkish delight flavours coat the palate and persist on the soft finish. Cellaring: Will reward a further 4-5 years cellaring. Serve: Lightly chilled Suggested Foods: An ideal accompaniment to Oriental cuisine, such as Thai or Chinese dishes. Also try with foie gras, smoked fish or mild blue cheeses. View Full Details Bladen Pinot Gris 2011
Colour: Light Gold Nose: Ripe pear and red apple with hints of fig and nougat.. Palate: Made in a dry style, with a soft, creamy texture, clean acidity and ripe fruit flavours. Cellaring: 2 – 4 years Serve: Lightly chilled Suggested Foods: This wine will make a perfect companion to pork and chicken dishes or enjoy with pâtés and hard cheeses. View Full Details Bladen Pinot Noir 2010
Colour: Mid-Ruby Nose: Ripe plum fruit supported by charry oak spice and savoury, gamey notes. Palate: The palate has an elegant and silky texture with a supple tannin structure. Dark red fruits are supported by the charry, savoury oak. Cellaring: Drink now or cellar carefully for 3-5 years. Serve: Room temperature with decanting Suggested Foods: This wine is particularly well suited to duck or quail dishes, braised lamb or pork dishes, especially with mushrooms added. View Full Details 
Bladen Riesling 2010
Colour: Pale straw with green hue Palate: A lighter bodied wine, with a delicate texture. The subtle citrus and floral flavours linger on the long, crisp acid finish. Cellaring: This wine can be drunk fresh or cellared up to 5 years Serve: Lightly chilledSuggested Foods: Serve simply as an aperitif or with light seafood dishes, Southeast Asian curries, or crisp green salads. View Full Details 
Bladen Sauvignon Blanc 2012
Colour: Mid-straw Nose: Lifted grapefruit/lemon zest and fresh gooseberry fruits, with mineral and nettle undertones. Palate: The palate is filled with intense citrus aromatics and mineral notes, typical of the Sauvignon Blanc from the Conders Bend area of Marlborough. The clean acidity allows these flavours to linger and create a crisp, fresh finish. Cellaring: This wine is made to be drunk now, but can be cellared for 2-3 years. Serve: Lightly chilled Suggested Foods: This wine is particularly well suited to seafood dishes, poultry dishes or fresh green salads. View Full Details Blazing Hill Syrah 2007
Of bright crimson and ruby colour, this wine offers subtle and perfumed aromas of cherry and lavender. On the palate, an exquisitely balanced, soft and silky texture belies a wine with deceiving yet tremendous depth. Structured, yet deliciously smooth, the senses are treated to flavours reminiscent of black berries, loganberries, and wild plum. View Full Details Bodega Chacra 1932 Pinot Noir 2009
Chacra’s oldest vineyard, planted in 1932 is composed of three hectares of ungrafted, pre-phlloxera vines producing tiny yields. As with the Barda, berries are de-stemmed by hand prior to fermenting. Still tight, linear and slightly tannic this is beautifully layered with very fine fruit flavours which with a little more time in bottle will evolve fabulously. Grand Cru quality without doubt. Other reviews and comments: Dark and ripe, delivering alluring blackberry and raspberry fruit, but stays racy and fresh, with lots of licorice, graphite, violet and anise notes rippling through the lengthy, well-focused finish. Drink now through 2013 92/100 The Wine Spectator
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From Chacra’s six hectare 1955 vineyard, vinified in whole bunches and given less than 20% new oak, this is so beautifully textured (in the same vein as Thibault Liger-Belair’s wines) with rich berry fruit, it is still reserved at first but then builds to a wonderful crescendo on the finish.
Other reviews and commentsThis is tightly focused, displaying a pure, snappy core of red currant, red licorice and sagebrush, backed by a racy finish. Bright acidity is well-integrated throughout, and this should flesh out nicely with modest cellaring. Drink now through 2012 91/100 The Wine Spectator View Full Details Bodega Chacra Barda Pinot Noir 2009
This opens slowly and cautiously with notes of pollen, licorice, and roasted ligonberry fruit. While subtle this is very complex with a faintly sweet edge to the medicinal herb notes and lovely insinuations of cigarette ash and limestone that gives this real finesse on the nose. This is an odd wine, fairly plush at once and then loose and with faded flavors but the intensity of the fruit grows on the palate and as opposed to getting bored with this I find myself being drawn in to it’s subtlety. The finish is quite long with vibrant acids and the scratch of minerality that sets this apart from much pinot. The fruit is really wonderful with burnt cherry tones framed with tea and chalk. 91pts
View Full Details Bodega Noemia A. Lisa Malbec 2010
Hailing from the Argentine section of Patagonia, this smashing small production Malbec is sinuous and velvety, displaying tempting aromas of fresh flowers, star anise, black currant, and leather. This incredibly classy wine is dense and concentrated, and displays a gorgeous tension in the mouth. Hands down, one of the absolute best Malbecs on the market. Enjoy it with: Grilled lamb chops with roasted fennel Grilled and sliced sirloin steaks with aged balsamic vinegar and rocket salad Beef burgers with Stilton cheese and watercress View Full Details Bodega Noemia J. Alberto Malbec 2009
Gorgeous from the start, delivering mulled spice, mocha, blueberry, black tea, plum sauce and warm currant confiture aromas and flavors all woven together, carried by a long spice- and graphite-filled finish. This has weight, but stays driven thanks to finely beaded acidity. A beauty. The best vintage yet for this wine. Malbec. Drink now through 2022. View Full Details Bodega Noemia Malbec 2008
This smashing small production Malbec is sinuous and velvety, displaying aromas of fresh flowers, led pencil, and triple berry jam layered over stewed berries, baking spices, and crushed black plum fruit on the palate. Dense, concentrated, unfiltered, and entirely tempting.
View Full Details Bouchard Finalyson Hannibal 2006
View Full Details Bouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak Pinot Noir 2009
Bouchard Finlayson Tete de Cuvee Pinot Noir 2006
To build on these ideal conditions I have taken advantage of this opportunity to make a special blend by utilizing the best barrels in the cellar for a smaller unique bottling! These limited release bottlings are called Tête de Cuvée. In this instance 15 barrels were used.View Full Details Brunello di Montalcino 2004
The Brunello di Montalcino was one of the first wines that earned the designation DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) and was the first Italian wine that has earned the appellation DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita). This wine is made exclusively from grapes of Sangiovese Grosso and is truly exceptional in every aspect. Importantly, the weather details and richness of calcareous clay soil give the grapes a unique flavor. Another important factor is the expertise that made the production in this region, respecting the characteristic wine maturation in large oak barrels for at least two years, and recently also in French Barriques. Here the production techniques are handed down from generation to generation All processes of production, refinement and bottling must take place in the municipality of Montalcino. Respecting tradition, our Brunello matures in large oak casks. Our Brunello characteristics: intense ruby red, aging gets Orange tints, tending to garnet red; intense taste with aromas of cherry and raspberry, young but with significant presence of tannin, peculiarity of the tendril, rigorous ageing, elegant, refined and rich. View Full Details Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2004
In recent years the Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pinino became synonymous with quality and could be called the Ambassador of Italian wines in the world. An important feature of the Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is the long maturity of four years, which is required prior to sale. All processes of production, refinement and bottling must take place in the municipality of Montalcino. Respecting tradition, our Brunello matures in large oak casks. Our Brunello characteristics: -Ruby -Aging Gets Orange reflexes tending to garnet red -intense taste with aromas of cherry and raspberry, young but with significant presence of tannin -characteristics of the grape variety, rigorous ageing, elegant, refined and rich. View Full Details Carlos Serres Crianza 2008
Cherry red colour with brilliant purple rim. Aromas of mature red fruit with a core of spice and delicate liquorice hints. The wine is complex well structured fresh and fruity. Very versatile with food, particularly mediterranean cuisine. View Full Details Carlos Serres Gran Reserva 2004
Bright red and garnet with a rim turning to brick showing it’s extended ageing in barrel and bottle. Complex aromas from its development and ageing mature ripe black fruit and vanilla & cinnamon spice with a deep mineral core. Velvety smooth & harmonious with a fresh finish. Great with roast meats, game, aged or blue cheese. View Full Details Carlos Serres Old Vine Tempranillo 2010
Maroon colour with a violet rim showing its youth. Aromas of fresh, red and black fruits liquorice and floral notes. The taste is fresh & fruity, intense and moreish. Ideal for a great variety of dishes such as cut meats, rice dishes, vegetables, cheese, salads and stews. View Full Details Carlos Serres Rioja Reserva 2005
Aromas of mature black fruit, toffee and balsamic as well as some mineral notes. This is a silky wine, but fresh and refreshing as well as elegant and persistent. Great with bar-b-que’d or grilled meats or strong cheeses. View Full Details Champagne Marguet Brut Reserve 3 liter
Top-flight 6th generation champagne house from Ambonney. Grand Cru and bio-dynamic View Full Details Champagne Marguet Brut Reserve 6 liter
Top-flight 6th generation champagne house from Ambonney. Grand Cru and bio-dynamic View Full Details Champagne Marguet Brut Reserve Grand Cru
Bright and fresh, literally jumping out of the glass. Great effervescence, lovely citrus aromas and a long finish. Superb summer drinking. 4 stars Decanter Magazine Jan 08
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Champagne Marguet Brut Reserve Magnum 1.5l
Top-flight 6th generation champagne house from Ambonney. Grand Cru and bio-dynamic View Full Details Champagne Marguet Rosé
Champagne Marguet Rosé - bright pink with fresh red summer fruits on the nose. Fresh but serious palate with lasting bubbles and long finish.
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Champagne Marguet Vintage 2000 Grand Cru
This champagne shows the extended time it has spent on yeast lees. Toasted notes with layers of complexity and a very long finish. Serious Gran Cru Champagne!
4 stars Decanter magazine Jan 08
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Delgado Zuleta La Goya Manzanilla 375ml
Manzanilla now has its own appellation (Denominacion de Origen; DO), being Manzanilla - Sanlucar de Barrameda. This is due to its distinctive style and also its market acceptance and success. The time has come to ask for a Manzanilla and NOT a "dry sherry". Classic Manzanilla. Tangy and sea-salt like grip on the nose and palate, superb with tapas and to tantalize the buds before a meal. View Full Details 
Delgado Zuleta Monteagudo Amontillado 750ml
De color ambarino brillante, presenta unas notas potentes a frutos secos y madera, destacando sobre todo la almendra y la avellana. View Full Details Delgado Zuleta Monteagudo Oloroso 375
De color ámbar, presenta una aroma complejo en el que destaca las notas a frutos secos como la nuez y la avellana, con matices de aromas propios de la madera. View Full Details Delgado Zuleta Monteagudo Oloroso 750ml
De color ámbar, presenta una aroma complejo en el que destaca las notas a frutos secos como la nuez y la avellana, con matices de aromas propios de la madera. View Full Details Delgado Zuleta Moscatel 750
Typical floral, sweet muscat aromas. Delectable and sweet. 17.5% - superb poured over fruit salad or into a tall glass, over ice and with a splash of Angostura bitters. View Full Details Delgado Zuleta Pedro Ximenez 375
Delicious, unctuous dessert wine. Smells of very ripe/dried figs, molasses and caramel. Superb with matured Roquefort, blue cheeses, pastries and poured liberally over good quality vanilla ice cream. Delectable on its own - keep away from children. View Full Details Delgado Zuleta Pedro Ximenez 750ml
De color caoba oscuro brillante, presenta una notas potentes a pasas, destacando también el regaliz, el café y otras notas de pasificacion. View Full Details Delgado Zuleta Quo Vadis Amontillado
This wine has an average age of 40 years. The evaporation that has taken place over these years has resulted in an alcohol content of 20% and deep, dark colour and flavours. The nose has some very strong flavours of pastry, nuts and varnish (nice varnish). The palate is powerful and complex with intensely concentrated flavours. The finish is extremely persistent. Food matches include almonds, matured cheeses, mushroom dishes, white meat and blue fish. Superb and expensive! View Full Details Delgado Zuleta Viña Galvana
Very pale and bright golden color, on the nose it presents a high aromatic intensity, stressing the fruity aromas. In the mouth is cool, dry and light, fruity flavors. View Full Details Delgago Zuleta Monteagudo Amontillado 375ml
De color ambarino brillante, presenta unas notas potentes a frutos secos y madera, destacando sobre todo la almendra y la avellana. View Full Details Dinastia Vivanco Colección 4 Varietales 2007
This wine spends 24 months in oak and is a blend of 70% Tempranillo with Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo, blended post fermentation. Very solid, creamy, svelte nose with dense black fruit and chocolate. Quite charry and smoky. The palate has masses of concentration. Really grippy and mouthfilling, with a lovely juiciness cutting through the solidity of the fruit. Long and pure. View Full Details Dinastia Vivanco Colección Garnacha 2007
Tasting Notes: Good varietal aromas of raspberry and other red fruit, as well as toasted, jammy, minty and herbal notes. Good acidity gives this Garnacha great freshness, despite the depth of fruit flavors. A long finish rounds it out. Food Pairings: Excellent with stuffed peppers, as well as hearty stews. Also pairs with many cheeses, particularly goat cheese. View Full Details El Gordito Garnacha Shiraz Tempranillo 2005
• an elegant dry red View Full Details Ermita de San Lorenzo Gran Reserva 2004
From the CLASSIC 2004 vintage. Where else could you find such a grand, mellow, complex 9 year old, oak aged red at this price? It’s made by our old friend Pamela Geddes (who also makes our bestselling Monasterio de Santa Cruz) at the 500 year old Bodegas Ruberte. 60% of the wine is Garnacha from vines planted in 1958. They’re not as prolific these days but the intensity of flavour in the grapes is immense! The balance is Cabernet Sauvignon, which adds classic cassis character and structure to the juicier Garnacha. A rich and fragrant Spanish classic to enjoy with succulent lamb dishes. View Full Details Ernie Els Big Easy 2011
Tasting Notes The Big Easy is rich and emphatic in 2011 and yet, as the name suggests, still holds an amazingly easy silkiness on the palate. The dominant Shiraz offers complex notes of rosemary and cured meat whilst the Cabernet Sauvignon adds a beguiling structure and sweet cherry fruit core. A playful tempo is created by dashes of Grenache, Viognier, Mourvèdre and Cinsault giving a fynbos and spicy edge along with a fragrant, almost honeycomb-like finish. View Full Details Ernie Els Big Easy Chenin Blanc 2012
Tasting Note The second release of this very popular wine once again leaps from the glass with an extreme tropical vibrancy. A mélange of strawberry and pineapple flavours are all wound up by a limey-streak on the nose. Following through to a light but deft palate, the intense fruit strikes a perfect balance with creamy softness, and chalky minerality. Long and racy, the Big Easy Chenin Blanc is a fun yet engaging wine that is to be enjoyed now, with or without food.Blend Information: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon View Full Details Ernie Els Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Tasting Notes The 2011 is a brooding yet fine vintage. Pure-fruited cassis on the nose open to a fine balance of dark chocolate, wet earth, delicate spice and dried herbs. The palate has a dark inky intensity punched by a core of mineral finesse and all wrapped by a broad-shouldered finish. The tannins are burly and taught, but will easily integrate with time as this decadent Cabernet Sauvignon will age well for a decade. Serious yet sumptuous. View Full Details Ernie Els Merlot 2011
Tasting Notes The 2011 Merlot is a tempered, finely tuned beauty that shows great balance between seriousness and drinkability. Baked plums, smoked beef and chocolate on the nose lead to a juicy black currant strewn palate. A hint of soy sauce adds savouriness and complexity to the powerful, plush fruity core. The tannins have grip but yet are finely etched into a medium body, leading to a long fruity finish. Ageing Potential Sumptuous now, it will become even silkier with a few years aging. View Full Details Ernie Els Signature 2007
With a deep black core and bright ruby rim, the Ernie Els Signature 2007 is slightly more light-footed and open than the brooding 2006, but by no means evades its suave personality. The large Cabernet Sauvignon component dominates with rich blackcurrants, whilst the four other Bordeaux varieties contribute with exotic hints of mint, pencil shavings, dark olive and rosemary. Full bodied and punchy, the lushes tannic grip is reigned in by a tightly wound finish that seems endless. View Full Details Ernie Els Signature 2009
Tasting Notes From one of the greatest vintages in memory, the 2009 Signature is even more emphatic than before, sure to make a statement everywhere. The enthralling nose is deeply rich with a myriad of black currant, coffee and smoked meat notes. Of the 5 Bordeaux varieties, the Cabernet Franc adds lead pencil and mineral notes, with a hint of spicy oak sure to integrate with age. The palate is full-bodied and decadent, reminding one of a Belgian chocolate fondant with blackberry coulee. Etched, weighty tannins finally coat suave, lush and pure fruit complexity. Exquisitely balanced and long. View Full Details Flagstone The Berrio Sauvignon Blanc 2006
Dripping with the tropical fruits found in the head-dress of a naked Madi Gras belly dancer. The wine expresses its place of origin through the concentration of the unique Sauvignon Blanc flavours and aromas and the opulence of the mouth-feel.
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Homenaje Rose
Color: Bright raspberry pink, bright and alive. Smell: Loaded with primary varietal aromas, floral and frutales. Taste: This wine is delicious with a sweet tooth, fresh outspoken, which shines on the palate and leaves a memory full of serene consistency. View Full Details Iona Merlot Cabernet 2004
Lovely voluptuousness, truffle, liquorice and red berries from the Merlot, held in check by the firm, spicy tannins of the Cabernet Sauvignon and a moderate 13 % alcohol. Classic and understated.
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Iona The Gunnar Cab Merlot Petit Verdot 05
A blend of the famous Bordeaux varieties cabernet sauvignon which is planted on well drained gravely soils good for close knit tannins merlot planted on alluvial clay based soils, giving the wine its richness and petit verdot grown in quartz based soils contributing to the deep colour. The wine is matured in French barriques for up to 24 months and then bottle aged in our cellars for a further 12 months before release. Produced in limited quantities with the cool climate resulting in a wine that is more Bordeaux in style, with alcohols in the region of 13%, supported by beautifully balanced acids and red fruits (cherry, strawberry and ripe plums). View Full Details Kaapzicht Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
Excellent deep red colour concentration. Vibrant nose of Blackcurrant enveloped in spicy French oak. Good acid balance and ripe, soft tannins augur well for ageing.
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Kaapzicht Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Tasting Notes Deep ruby with saturated opaque centre; abundance of blackcurrant, fynbos and fennel with inky succulence and firm well-managed tannins; rich fruit is beautifully balanced with integrated oak flavours lending depth and complexity. Still somewhat unyieldeing of delights to come, but lovely structure and fruit will reward a few years of cellaring with a luscious mouthful. Elsie Pels – Cape Wine Master View Full Details Kaapzicht Hanepoot 2008
Beautifully fragrant grapey flavours fill the glass overlayed with honeysuckle notes; unctious and full sweet luscious muscat and sultana flavours; sweetness well balanced with livelyacidity for a harmonious finish; delicious fortified dessert wine to enjoy chilled with apple and almond tart or fresh fruit platter. View Full Details Kaapzicht Pinotage 2008
Tasting notes Dark purple deepening to the centre with pure pinotage flavours bursting from the glass; layers of ripe mulberry, strawberry & plum pudding lifted by juicy balancing acidity; toasty oak vanillin and spice adds interest without overwhelming the unique grape character; deftly crafted with firm structure and balance to mature for 5-6 years.
View Full Details Kaapzicht Shiraz 2005
Rich and complex with layers of ripe black cherry, smoky spice and vanilla; muscular with well honed tannins lending depth and structure to a satisfying core of ripe fruit; well integrated oak treatment with a lovely dry finish.
View Full Details Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Full bodied, deep ruby red colour. Attractive black current and mocha flavours with a complex palate with good acidity. A serious food wine. View Full Details Kanonkop Kadette 2010
Description: A full bodied wine with ripe, sweet banana and berry flavours. This wine shows remarkable complexity with soft grape tannins and a long dry finish. Classic in style Food Suggestion: Meat, pasta and spicy dishes Winemaker: Abrie Beeslaar Varieties: Pinotage 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 25%, Merlot 15% and Cabernet Franc 10% Origin: Simonsberg Stellenbosch Maturation: Matured in 2nd and 3rd fill French Nevers 225 lit. oak barrels. View Full Details Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2008
Full bodied, deep ruby red colour. A combination of the varietals gives you more than the sum of the parts. Very complex bouquet with black current, red berry, mocha and spicy flavours. View Full Details Kanonkop Pinotage 2009
Full bodied wine with a dark purple colour. Intense fruit flavours with soft ripe tannins give this wine maturation potential of up to 15-20 years. View Full Details Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc 2010
Golden hued and full bodied, with melon and spicy baked apple aromas. Layered, with mineral notes enhanced by honeycomb and caramel flavours from lees contact. This wine is a great example of the harmonious balance which can be achieved between fruit and delicate oak/vanilla flavours, as they combine to form complex, soft flavours with sufficient body to enhance even spicy and full flavoured meals. View Full Details Ken Forrester Shiraz Grenache Renegade 2006
View Full Details Klein Constantia Cabernet Merlot 2010
The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon shows vibrant notes of sweet red fruit and blackcurrant while underlying sandalwood and vanilla come through on the nose. The nose is further complimented by a very similar red fruit and cassis palate with silky smooth tannins and develops into a rich, gripping tannin on the finish. The wine is still showing some very youthful characters but with some time it will develop into a great example of the classic Klein Constantia style. View Full Details Klein Constantia Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
This is a classic example of Constantia Cabernet Sauvignon. The nose offers aromas of cassis with subtle earthy, mineral undertones. The palate is still very tightly wound and will take several years to open fully, its ripe, compact tannin structure ensuring many years of cellaring potential. View Full Details Klein Constantia Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Pungent aromas of guavas, citrus blossom and passion fruit greet the nose. The palate is poised on a knife edge of brisk mineral notes and succulent acidity. Flavours are piercing and vibrant with a richly textured finish. Overall the impression is one of crystalline fruit expression with an underlying refreshing character.
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View Full Details Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 05
Bright golden in colour with fresh green tinge. The richly aromatic nose displays candied orange peel, sundried peaches and whiffs of sandalwood. The palate is full and viscous with waves of white peach and pear flavours, restrained acidity and fine, nutty finish. Wine Spectator July 2010: “Pure orange peel, tangerine, persimmon and clementine flavors are laced with hints of green tea, candied lime peel and honeysuckle. Rich, but racy and mouth watering. The gorgeous amber color and a caressing mouth feel just add to the pleasure. Lovely precision. Should age nicely.” — J.M
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La Pamelita Red Sparkling/Cava 2003 750ml
Available in 375ml and 750ml. Made by the traditional or champagne method from monastrell (95%) and tempranillo (5%). A treat for the taste buds with spicy food, dark chocolate or mature cheese View Full Details La Rosita Rose Sparkling/Cava 2003 375ml
Available in 375ml • pink fizz at its liveliest • a creamy, frothy, fruity wine that bubbles beautifully
• made by the traditional or champagne method from monastrell View Full Details Leopard’s Leap Pinotage Shiraz 2008
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Appearance: Deep purple, vibrant and youthful Nose: Spice and dark fruit dominate the nose with hints of liquorice Palate: Plums and spice on entry, concentrated fruit sweetness with cloves and cinnamon. Great balance of fruit and tannin lead to a long dry finish View Full Details 
Mariona blended white wine
An uncomplicated summer-wine with a distinctive muscat nose, and a vibrant palate. Ideal for those spring and summer days, light and fresh. Good with fruit and salads. A blend of muscat, sauvignon blanc, chardonnay and viura. View Full Details Mas Candi Desig 2009
Golden yellow color, medium intensity. Aromas of ripe pear, golden apple, pineapple and fennel. The palate is smooth, wide and sweet. Include mineral notes near the roof of the old vines. Good acidity and bitter about their own variety. Long aftertaste. View Full Details Mas Candi Quattre Xarel.los 2009
QX quatre xarel.los (four xarel.los) is a monovarietal wine originating from vines as old as 54-60 years, from 4 different vineyards. This wine has the hallmarks of a classic white wine, with great ageing potential. The fruit, acid, oak and alcohol are in perfect balance and, while this wine is only but young, it already justifies its position as a great alternative to top-end chardonnays and its price. Superb! Only the very best grapes with the optimum level of ripeness were selected for this wine. All harvesting was by hand into into 15 kg baskets. The grapes were destemmed and then macerated for 24 hours on their skins. Finally, the wine was fermented in four different types of barrels: French oak, American oak, acacia and chestnut wood. The wine then ages for 8 months on its lees, employing the battonage process once a week View Full Details Meerlust Pinot Noir 2005
Intense, translucent youthful purple-ruby appearance. Very forthcoming perfume on the nose with musk, wild strawberry, cranberry and hints of savoury richness and spice and a pronounced minerality. The palate is medium-bodied with pure pinot noir fruit flavours of plum and red cherry supported by an ultra-fine, densely textured tannin structure which adds to the volume and vivacity of the wine.
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Screw cap and 5 Stars in the authoritative John Platter wine guide. Intense yet translucent ruby-purple in colour. The nose has lifted scents of summer fruit, red cherry, strawberry, musky perfume and a distinct minerality. The palate is medium bodied with pure Pinot Noir fruit flavours of plum and red cherry supported by an ultra-fine, densely textured tannin structure which adds to the volume and vivacity of the wine. View Full Details Meerlust Rubicon 2007
Very deep, youthfull colour, and intense almost purple hue. Very classic Rubicon nose with violets, ripe plum, cedar wood and intense spiciness. Still young and still intense, promising further maturation potential. The palate is full bodied, structured but packed with fresh dark fruit and rounded, linear tannins. View Full Details Millaman Estate Cabernet Malbec 2010
Young and intense with purplish tinges. Complex nose of violets and berries with vanilla and spice notes. An easy-drinking, ripe and juicy wine - satisfying. View Full Details Millaman Estate Chardonnay 2011
Ripe tropical fruits abound. Pineapple and melon with a touch of oak for complexity and mouthfeel. Great summertime drinking. View Full Details Millaman Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Millaman Reserva Cabernet Malbec 2007
Intense cherry in colour, with violet tinges; Red fruit aromas, with violet floral notes and spices from the oak. Good entry followed by fruit with elegant and persistent tannins giving a great finish and balanced acidity. View Full Details Millaman Reserva Carmenere 2010
Wine made from this rare Bordeaux varietal showing black berry flavours and subtle cedar and herb notes. Medium-bodied with an elegant finish. 90 percent Carménère, 10 percent Cabernet Sauvignon Excellent vintage from a hot and dry year. Carménère and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were hand-picked during the last week of April. 100 percent of blend matured in French oak barrels. Deep and intense violet with purple tinges. At first spicy notes, then red fruit flavours with menthol hints well integrated with toasty oak flavours. Very good balance between spicy and fruit flavours and barrel maturation. Structured wine, persistent with a great length. View Full Details Millaman Reserva Shiraz Malbec 2001
Vibrant deep red with purple tinges. Rich ripe redcurrants and mulberries with integrated toasty oak. Intensely mouthfilling fruit is balanced by subtle savoury oak.
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Millaman Reserva Zinfandel 2011
A rare find from Chile. The wine is intensely red with violet tinges. It has a complex nose of red fruits and spices which are well-integrated with the oak. The typical fruit/Christmas-cake aromas are evident. A well-balanced wine with great concentration and mouth-feel. It has soft tannins and acidity gives good balance. View Full Details Morgenster 2001
Aromas of black cherry, cassis, strawberry shortcake, toast and cedar. This is a substantial wine with along finish and great overall elegance.
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Morgenster 2005
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Tasting Notes From the finely structured decomposed granite & clay soils of the Newton Johnson estate vineyards. Pure & precise characters of fragrant cherries, currants, earthiness & spice. The perfume & silky smooth tannins are complemented with depth provided by the red clay deeper in the soil. View Full Details Newton Johnson Full Stop Rock SMG 2008
Tasting Notes Named after the infamous rock at Cape St Francis surf break as well as the rocky soils that these vines come from. A mineral style of wine with a crimson fruit, a variety of spice and perfume flavours and cashmere-textured tannins to match. View Full Details Pax Verbatim Blazing Hills Syrah 06
Of bright crimson and ruby colour, this wine offers subtle and perfumed aromas of cherry and lavender. On the palate, an exquisitely balanced, soft and silky texture belies a wine with deceiving yet tremendous depth. Structured, yet deliciously smooth, the senses are treated to flavours reminiscent of black berries, loganberries, and wild plum. View Full Details 
Pax Verbatim Rockwater Fountain Viognier 08
Medium bodied, with luscious aromas of white peach and orange blossom, this wine is soft and gentle on the palate showing all the rich vibrancy of a typical Viognier with a fresh and deliciously lingering aftertaste. View Full Details 
Pinino Rosso di Montalcino
This wine is revered for its great distinction, depth of black cherry and wild-berry fruit, and careful use of oak revealed in a hint of spice and vanilla. Like its Montalcino sibling, it is a full-bodied wine crafted from pure Sangiovese (in this case, the local ’Grosso’ form). However it is considered a more vivacious style of wine, combining freshness with structure, and can be approached at a much earlier age. View Full Details Poggio Scalette Il Carbonaione Sangiovese 2005 750ml
This is the wine conceived and desired by Vittorio Fiore after long years of study and working experience, and it is the result of an exceptional pairing and synergy: Sangiovese and the Ruffoli vineyards in Greve in Chianti. The results of this synergy - grapes harvested in the Carbonaione vineyard - are worked with passion and dedication by Vittorio Fiore and his son Jurij in order to obtain a wine of great power and elegance, capable of expressing in all of its richness the terroir in which it is born View Full Details Poggio Scalette Piantonaia Merlot 2005
Winemaking Harvest is at the end of September. Fermentation process: 8 days in concrete tanks, then racking in barriques to carry on Malolactic fermentation. Further 18 months in 225 litres new French oak barriques. Maturation for at least further 6 months in bottle. Matching food Dishes: meat (red meat and game), aged cheeses. Fantastic food wine. View Full Details Raats Cabernet Franc 2007
This luscious cabernet franc is the definition of elegance. Harmoniously integrated flavours of blackberry, black cherry and plum mingle with tobacco, cinnamon and spice. Tannins are soft and gentle on the palate, and hints of dark chocolate and minerality on the long finish. A superb wine gently crafted with great love, and to be enjoyed the same way. View Full Details Raats Chenin Blanc 2009
Honeyed pear / butterscotch and citrus flavours complemented by a firm minerality and spicy edge. Sourced from old vines from three vineyards. Characterised by their complex soils. Rich, intense, yet elegant and delicate on the palate. Profound wine that changes perspective. View Full Details Rinascita 2007
Rinascita, which is the Italian word for “re-birth”, a nod towards not only the vibrant youth of this wine, but also the Rennaissance which witnessed the birth of countless masterpieces in Tuscany, is made from the younger vines of Sangiovese planted in 2004, with a small addition of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. This wine has attractive vibrant fruit. It is soft and graceful and designed for early consumption. View Full Details Rivetto Barbaresco Ce Vanin 2005
GRAPE Nebbiolo 100% TASTING NOTE: Ruby red with garnet overtones. Broad intense bouquet with violet and liquorice undertones. Warm medium structured and harmonic in mouth, with broad, persistent shadings. SERVING SUGGESTIONS Red meat, braised dishes, four – legged game and aged cheese. View Full Details 
Rivetto Barolo Leon 2004
TASTING NOTE Big body red colour with garnet reflex wonderful scent of rose. It’s a really well balanced wine round the tannins are never aggressive. It’s a very alcoholic wine, with great structure, never over-oaked so we try too keep the tipicity of our terroir. View Full Details 
Rivetto Barolo Riserva 2001
Standard-bearer at the head of the comprehensive Rivetto range. From the superb 2001 vintage. The iron fist in the velvet glove. This wine has backbone - big tannins big flavour and complexity and great balance. For the palate that has travelled a little! The 2001 vintage follows hard on the heels of another classic vintage - the 2000. 2001 is a vintage that needs time to show it’s true potential as any big/structured vintage would, but man will it be worth the wait!! Decant and leave to breathe two hours before tasting.
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Rivetto Dolcetto d’Alba 2009
In this wine, the fruit is the dominant component. On the nose you experience cherry, sour cherry and ripe fleshy fruit. On the eye it has full, very intense ruby red colour. Immediately perceived is its extraordinary richness. The flavor is strong, powerful, persistent over time. It is very soft, without bitter tannins, the palate is soft and balanced. This wine is Particularly suitable with meat appetizers. It is a wine suitable for long ageing. Its freshness is the main feature, to be drunk within 3-4 years. The bottles should be stored lying horizontally in a cool cellar, moist and dark. View Full Details Rivetto Moscato d’Asti 2009
TASTING NOTES: Golden straw colour with a fine, persistent bouquet of fresh, ripe aromatic grapes. The palate is intense and characteristic of the varietal, while still being sweet and delicate.
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Rudera Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
5 stars from Decanter Magazine (UK). This wine encapsulates the classic Cabernet sauvignon characteristics like cigar box, pencil shavings with layers of blackberries and blueberries, coffee and mocha. The tannin structure should last 15 years. A "sure thing" with an aged rib-eye steak. View Full Details Rudera Chenin Blanc 2008
This is one of the Cape’s top chenin blancs, which has a loyal international following (where it is known as De Tradisie (the tradition) chenin blanc). The wine undergoes fermentation in seasoned barrels resulting in a style that is elegant, bone-dry and refreshing, almost Burgundian in texture and mouth-feel. View Full Details Rudera Robusto Chenin Blanc 2007
As the name indicates, this is a robust and full-bodied chenin blanc, picked very ripe, barrel-fermented (with a fair percentage new oak) and left to finish with an almost off-dry residual sugar. This wine is building a cult following! View Full Details San Leonardo 2006
San Leonardo is the magical heir to a tradition known the world over as Bordeaux blending. Dreams and heritage mingle to bring you a wine that conveys all its land-rooted character and genuine territory-focused appeal. A powerful yet elegant red, San Leonardo brings together the colours, aromas and savours of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot aged in small oak barrels, melding them harmoniously into a uniquely intense, full-bodied wine with superb depth of flavour. View Full Details San Leonardo Terre Red Blend 2009
Brillant ruby red, with attractive depth and decent lenght. The aromas are alcohol and fruit-rich when the wine is young, later mellowing with bottle age into ripe plum fruit layered over a faintly grassy background note. Dry, soft and well-balanced on the palate, it reveals a pleasing bitterish twist in the finish. Good aromatic length. A classic food wine with rice and pasta in tomato or meat sauces, and filled pasta, as well as grilled meats, poultry, white meats and soft cheeses. View Full Details San Leonardo Vette Sauvignon Blanc 2011
Straw-yellow colour with greenish highlights. This wine has an aromatic fragrance with typical hints of white peach, green peppercorn over a pleasing note of sage. The palate is dry, enjoyably acidulous, full-bodied, with great mineral complexity and polish. Pleasing and intriguing as an aperitif, it is an ideal partner for fish dishes (both grilled and smoked), white meats, charcuterie and soft cheeses. View Full Details San Leonardo Villa Gresti 2004
100% merlot. The palate shows a good balance of concentrated dark fruits, herbaceous notes and long velvety tannins, with hints of white pepper and cardamom on the finish all at a refreshingly elegant 13% alcohol. A must for lovers of sophisticated right bank Bordeaux.
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SpearGully Shiraz 2002
Deep vibrant and youthful red/purple. Dark berry fruit with spice and violets on the nose.Typical Shiraz roundness and sweetness in the mid-palate leading to a long finish balanced by fine tannins.
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Steytler Pinotage 2007
Tasting Notes Very deep plum coloured rim with a dense opaque centre. Inspired Pinotage with deep layers of rich black fruit mulberry and spiced plums supported by beautifully integrated oak flavours; harmonious powdery tannins give definition to the multi layered fruit, richly textured, yet elegant with the balance to age beautifully. Elsie Pels -Cape Wine Master View Full Details Steytler Vision 2003
Saturated almost black colour. Deep, brooding nose with complex flavours promising excellent maturation potential. Seamlessly woven layers of dark fruit, oak aromatics and sweet spice entice thoughts of seductive Arabian nights.
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Steytler Vision 2006
Tasting Notes Very intense ruby deepening to an opaque heart; densely layered fruit enfolds tightly woven tannins and spicy oak with ease, creating a richly textured mouthful; delivers great pleasure already but has the poise and power to richly reward 4 to 6 years of cellaring. Elsie Pels - Cape Wine Master
View Full Details Tenuta di Riseccoli Chianti Classico 2004
Good depth of colour with very expressive bouquet of herbs and olives with black berries. Medium-body intensity supported by fresh fruit and pleasurable acidity. Expected to drink particularly well in the next 2 to 5 years.
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Tenuta di Riseccoli Chianti Classico 2009
RISECCOLI’S Chianti Classico represents the true terroir of the domaine, shown through this predominantly Sangiovese wine. 2009 was a terrific vintage for the vineyards in our cooler growing areas, resulting in this beautifully balanced Chianti Classico. Intense ruby colour. Pure and fragrant on the nose with hints of red and black currants and sweet spices. Medium-full weight with ripe fruit, fresh acidity, velvety tannins and a lingering finish. Ageing potential: seven to eight years. View Full Details Tenuta di Riseccoli Saeculum IGT 1999
Opaque Ruby/purple coloured exhibits a big sweet bouquet of melted chocolate fudge, espresso roast, blackberries and cherries with a suggestion of leather and liquorice. 93 Points Wine Spectator and Robert Parker.
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Thelema Mountain Red 2008
Spicy aromas of black pepper and mulberry mingle with the plum flavours of this soft and approachable wine. Particularly good with light and medium flavoured meals, such as pizza. View Full Details Thelema Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Unwooded and well-balanced, with fresh melon and grapefruit flavours, and a full grassy palate. Food Pairing: As an apertif, or with delicately flavoured foods like salads, oysters, scallops and chicken. View Full Details Thelema Shiraz 2008
Rich and toasty, this elegant shiraz shows ripe black fruit and cassis, with lovely spicy finish. Full bodied. Has benefitted from age. Maturation: Will continue to develop for 6 years from vintage Food Pairing: Grilled meats, casseroles and mature cheeses. View Full Details Trabucchi Amarone della Valpolicella DOC 2004
Amarone Trabucchi is made primarily with Corvina and Corvinone autochthonous varietals. Corvinone, brought to the appropriate degree of maturation, confers greater richness, a velvety texture and intense fruitiness to the wine. Other interesting varietals include Rondinella, reminiscent of cherries, Oseleta with its fresh acidity and good tannin content and Croatina that bestows a floral and fruity bouquet. The wine is a subdued red, with almost purple highlights. The scent recalls dried rose petals, followed by hints of plums, wild cherries and candied fruit. View Full Details Trabucchi Recioto della Valpolicella DOC 500ml 2005
"This year’s best sweet wine, the colour recalls deep waters full of black cherries and blackberries. Its exquisite sweetness, its coaxingly silken palate, its pristine contours and vividness, even more than its aroma, make it an absolute oenological and viticultural masterpiece. Bravo! (Luca Maroni, Annuario dei Migliori Vini Italiani, 2010)" Delicious to the taste, because the great fruity sweetness is perfectly freshened by a living, lively acidity, which gives a very pleasant sensation, because it dampens all sweeter, larger ones, bringing freshness and fragrance in the mouth, cleaning up perfectly from all sugary syrupy eventually tracks, thus giving a feeling of great composure of great finesse, elegance. View Full Details Trabucchi Valpolicella Le Mariette DOC
The Valpolicella ’ Le Mariette ’ is the basis of Trabucchi d’Illasi wine. A nice accessible blend of Corvina Veronese, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes the indigenous. The wine is bright Ruby red. In the nose is the wine nicely fresh and fruity, with aromas of cherries and blackberries. The taste is pretty dry, full and round, with many tasty fruit flavours. A nice glass of wine for everyday. View Full Details Trabucchi Valpolicella Superiore Terre del Cereolo 2005
Produced from Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Croatina and Oseleta grapes. DOC wine from the dense color , deep Ruby. Has notes of currants and ripe raspberry, clove, anise, liquorice, herbs and vanilla. Balanced and very pleasant: is our proposal for a Valpolicella Superiore with great respect, voluminous, obtained with short drying of the grapes, without resorting to Amarone pomace after fermentation process, similar to the Valpolicella ’ ripasso ’. View Full Details Veenwouden Thornhill Shiraz 2003
Dark purple-coloured accompanied by a wonderful perfume of sweet mulberries / blackberries, vanilla and spice.
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Vergelegen Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2007
Attractive dark ruby. The nose shows ripe berry, plum, chocolate and coffee flavours. There is also a hint of mint, spice and pencil shavings. The tannins are fine grained with great fruit-wood integration. Ideal with pasta, pizza, stews and premium red meat cuts. Serious minded 2nd blend merlot, cabs & f 60/33/7 in firm, savoury 03, with pleasing red fruit, forceful dry tannins. As usual, no scimping on oak (+-30%new, 20mths). [John Platter] View Full Details Vergelegen Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
Dark, almost opaque colour. The nose is complex, showing blackcurrants, spice, ripe plums and pencil shavings.
Tall, dark & handsome, confidently modern but with classic sympathies.
Great follow-up to the superb 2001 vintage.
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Vergelegen Shiraz 2004
Dark ruby with violets, spice, chocolate, black and red berry fruit on the nose. Elegant on the palate. The tannins are ripe and soft and the wine has a long clean finish.
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Vergelegen Vergelegen 2002
Rich ruby colour with almost an opaque center. Cassis, pencil lead, spice and red berries abound on the nose. The fruit, tannin structure and fine acidity indicate a wine of balance and finesse reflective of the Vergelegen terroir.
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Villa Jolanda Barolo 2004
One of the best wines of Piedmont, near the small village of Barolo, famous all over the world, thanks to the special style of wine. Produced from 100% Italian grape varieties, Nebiollo has rich dark Cherry colour and multi-faceted sophisticated bouquet. In the aroma great tones of plum and red berries with the noble aromas of smoke and truffles. The taste of wine, with this powerful aroma, surprises with it’s subtlety and tenderness. View Full Details Villa Jolanda Prosecco 200ml
Classis style Prosecco! Made from the grape variety Prosecco del Veneto, this off-dry, light, fruity bubbles is straw yellow in colour and shows aromas of of ripe apples, pears and wild flowers. Great everyday drink or as a base in many cocktails. View Full Details Villa Jolanda Prosecco 750ml
This is a light and fruity, lower-alcohol sparkling wine. Delicious as an aperitif. The finish is off-dry. Serve well-chilled. View Full Details Vina del Sopie Verdejo 2009
The union of Verdejo and Viura varieties, can achieve a wine fresh and intense with pleasant citrus aromas. Straw yellow-green with great intensity, fresh and elegant, this wine is perfect for any time of the day. With herbaceous notes, its nature assembles well with rock and river fish, rice and vegetables elaborated. View Full Details  SHOPPING CARTENTER VOUCHER CODE
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