South Africa
- Klein Constantia Sauvignon Blanc Clara 2020JS94WA90VM92Special Price $14.98 Regular Price $36.98Availability:Out of Stock
94 Points! A medium-to full-bodied white with aromas of jasmine, green mango, dried pineapple, toasted hazelnut, dried thyme and lemon zest. Flint, too. Concentrated, with bright acidity and herb and mineral undertones. Tight and focused. Long. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
92 Points! The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc Clara has a captivating and quite detailed bouquet of apple blossom, kiwi fruit, cucumber and light peachy scents in the background, very delineated and focused. The palate is beautifully balanced with a fine bead of acidity. This is a poised, elegant Sauvignon Blanc that will appeal to those who dislike peppery Sauvignon Blanc as displayed by the Block 382. This is just a delicious, satisfying Constantia "Savvy" that is impossible to dislike. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
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- Gabrielskloof Syrah Whole Bunch 2021VM93$19.98Availability:In Stock
93 Points! The 2021 Whole Bunch is pure Shiraz and…whole bunch (obvs). The stems are nicely integrated here with black pepper infused black fruit that feels energetic. The palate is medium-bodied with peppery red and black fruit, taut and fresh with a touch of black olive compote on the finish. I love this - surfeit with freshness and vibrancy. Delicious. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn More - Kanonkop Pinotage Estate Stellenbosch 2019JS93WA93+$39.98Availability:In Stock
93+ Points! The 2019 Pinotage has an oak-driven nose with spiced plum compote, black cherries, a floral essence and a kiss of volatility. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is generous on the palate and offers a sweet frame of oak with vanilla and spiced cherries before offering juicy yet rustic tannins across the mid-palate. The Pinotage concludes with a long, spicy and savory finish that needs at least one more year in bottle. - Anthony Mueller, robertparker.com
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 1 LEFT! - Raats Cabernet Franc Stellenbosch 2018VM94$39.98Availability:In Stock
94 Points! The 2018 Cabernet Franc Family, aged in 25% new oak (Vicard and Mercurey cooperages) for 18 months, easily possesses the finest nose of the three Cabernet Francs that I tasted from Raats, with soaring red berry fruit laced with bell pepper, powdered dark chocolate and gravel. The fresh, vibrant palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins, fine acidity and a very precise and sustained finish. This is an outstanding Cabernet Franc. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 7 LEFT! - Gabrielskloof Syrah On Shale The Landscape Series 2019WS92VM92$32.98Availability:In Stock
92 Points! The 2019 Syrah on Shale The Landscape Series has a well-defined bouquet of copious red berry fruit laced with clove, bay leaf and subtle earthy tones (reminding me of Mullineux in many ways). The palate is medium-bodied and lightly spiced, with supple tannins and a touch of gaminess toward the elegant finish. White pepper lingers on the aftertaste. Delicious. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 4 LEFT! - Crystallum Pinot Noir Peter Max 2020VM92$29.98Availability:Out of Stock
South Africa's top producer of Pinot Noir? He's got OUR vote. 92 Points! ...This demands coaxing, eventually revealing brambly red fruit, briar, damp moss and then later hints of morello cherries. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, taut and crisp delivering very pure tart red fruit. This is an attractive "bite" toward the finish, which is structured like a Morey-Saint-Denis, the lingering salinity urging you back. Excellent, but give it a couple of years for the aromatics to fully open. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn More - Lismore Viognier Estate Reserve 2021NM94VM94$54.98Availability:In Stock
94 Points! 'Superb'... - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 7 LEFT! - Lismore Syrah Estate Reserve 2021$79.98Availability:In Stock
The best Syrah in South Africa? You be the judge. Her last reserve from 2018 was 97 points from Neal Martin and this one's better...
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 10 LEFT! - Lismore Viognier Age of Grace 2021VM93+$31.98Availability:In Stock
93+ Points! The 2021 Viognier The Age of Grace comes from Sutherland and Bot River, whole bunch pressed with 11 months on the lees using 15% concrete eggs. With pretty white peach and Mirabelle scents on the nose, this takes time to blossom, but it never fully lets go. The palate is medium-bodied with a gorgeous dried apricot, mango and spicebox entry, nothing blowsy here with a very focused, almost understated finish. Excellent. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn More - Lismore Chardonnay Estate Reserve 2021VM94$74.98Availability:In Stock
94 Points! The 2021 Chardonnay Estate Reserve is 100% from Greyton matured for 11 months in 500-litre barrels, 40% new. It has a wonderful bouquet with honeydew melon, apricot blossom and light crushed stone scents that percolate through with time. The palate is very well balanced with tropical hints of passion fruit and guava, but the acidity keeps everything on a tight course, very minerally on the finish. Top class. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 9 LEFT! - Lismore Syrah 2016WA93VM94$49.98Availability:In Stock
94 Points! Elegant and refined on the nose, it evokes Cote Rotie just as it did in its youth, hints of Provencal herbs comgin through with time... - Neal Martin, Vinous Media 2022
93 Points! Made with 40% whole cluster, the 2016 Syrah opens with a beautiful floral and red fruit expression of Syrah, with dark cherry skin, ripe and juicy plum, pomegranate, soft potpourri spices, subtle oak tones and nuances of red spiced tea and peppercorn. Subtly savory with energetic acidity, the medium-bodied wine expresses elegance with tart, lively red fruit and spices that sway across the mid-palate with a vibrant and food-friendly sensation. It ends with flavors of lavender, redcurrants and dark cherry skin on the long, lingering finish—marking another stellar bottling from Samantha O'Keefe. - Anthony Mueller, robertparker.com
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- David Finlayson Chardonnay Stellenbosch 2021DEC96$14.98Availability:Out of Stock
96 Points! A lily of the valley perfume opens to present ripe fruit flavours of cantaloupe melon, lemon zest, tangerine, and a touch of dried papaya. The palate has a gentle fruit character, so easy-drinking, with attractive notes of white peach, yellow cherry, and chamomile. - Decanter World Wine Awards
Learn More - Crystallum Chardonnay The Agnes 2020NM93VM93$28.98Availability:In Stock
93 Points! The 2020 The Agnes has a clean, precise, crushed stone nose with dewy green apple, fresh pear and grassy meadow aromas. The palate is well balanced, taut and fresh, featuring a fine bead of acidity and a spicy undertow that defines the finish. Reserved but cerebral. I would like to see where this goes with bottle age. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT! - Klein Constantia Vin de Constance Sweet Wine 2019 500mlDEC98JS97VM97JA98$55.98Availability:Out of Stock
98 Points! Vin de Constance takes the category of sweet wines to a new level and this is another stunning success from them. Expect succulent pear quince apple peach pit tarte tatin wonderfully seductive and opulent but never taking a single step over the line. - Jane Anson
98 Points! Butterscotch, lemon patisserie and peach aromas. Pristine quality to the texture, lively and thrilling, this is a serious, opulent and powerful wine, more on the spiced, nuanced side with aspects of dried herbs, wood scents and bitter lemon and orange with a touch of honeyed lychee. It feels supremely complex and characterful. Sophisticated, layered and balanced with some minerality, a slight graphite edge all of which adds to the whole. It's still extremely youthful but there is real sculpting here, a sense of precision, style and freshness. Well crafted with an extremely long life ahead. A wonder, and one of the best from the estate! - Decanter Magazine
- Bayten Sauvignon Blanc Constantia 2021$12.98Availability:In Stock
We hadn't seen this in a while and found they had gone through a couple of changes. Now in a different shaped bottle under the name Bayten Sauvignon Blanc Constantia 2020 (with the intimidating Afrikaner name, Buitenverwachting, reduced to small, light print) it soldiers on doing exactly what it has always done...providing a sleek, delicious, well-priced option in Sauv. Blanc. Bright and lively from the get-go, it delivers a good blast of tropical fruit and grapefruit with well infused minerality. Clean, driving and a bargain at this price, like the good old days but easier to say.
Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 5 LEFT! - Topiary Chardonnay Franschhoek Valley South Africa 2019$21.98Availability:In Stock
A complex and fresh wooded Chardonnay in a Burgundian style made by Philippe Colin. The subtle oak aromas bring to this wine a luxurious mouth feel. Grapes are handpicked early in the morning to keep the freshness of the grapes. The must is settled and the alcoholic fermentation starts with wild yeasts in a stainless steel tank for 1 week, before to be transferred into 450L Rousseau Piano oaks (French). Then, the malolactic fermentation is done naturally during the 12 months ageing. Batonnage are done every 2 weeks.
Learn More - Boekenhoutskloof The Chocolate Block South Africa 2020$29.98Availability:In StockHURRY, ONLY 1 LEFT!