Te Quiero Red 2019 (Organic)
Te Quiero Red is a juicy organic wine which contains many grape varieties, from Tempranillo and Syrah, to Garnacha, Graciano, Monastrell and Tinto Velasco, made as a Field Blend. With a deep purple colour, It has aromas of garrigue, brambly fruit and spice which are followed by ripe brambly, blackberry fruit flavours. The palate is spicy and savoury with ripe tannins and a light oak finish. Te Quiero is an interesting find and a … Read More
Paso a Paso Verdejo 2019 (Organic)
Paso a Paso Verdejo is a great example of the lovely indigenous Verdejo grape of Spain, at a very reasonable price. Verdejo is often likened to a tropical version of Sauvignon Blanc and it is a universally popular, dry white wine. Displaying attractive tropical fruit aromas with hints of lime and aromatic herbs, Paso a Paso Verdejo has flavours of melon and stone fruit flavours with a touch of citrus. It has a good … Read More
Dominio de Punctum Viognier 2019 (Organic)
Dominio de Punctum Viognier has exotic peach and apricot aromas with slightly nutty and floral notes which invite you to taste. The palate is packed with intense peach, nectarine and tropical fruit flavours with a light citrus uplift which balances the full, complex flavours with a touch of freshness. It has a smooth, very long, refreshingly dry and lightly rounded finish. Dominio de Punctum Viognier is a classic, delicious find from a family-run organic … Read More
La Multa 2018
A smooth, concentrated and exuberant red with a huge berry fruit nose and palate, El Escoces Volante La Multa has character, lots of spicy well balanced damson/plum fruit and a sweet oak finish. It has scored very highly for a wine of this price, in Decanter (89 points), David Williams has identified La Multa as a star wine in his Decanter Magazine article March 2020 “Around Spain in 10 Garnachas.” La Multa is made … Read More
Gatito Loco 2019 (Organic)
Gatito Loco Rioja is bursting with fruit. With it’s eye-catching label depicting a Gatito Loco (literally meaning a crazy kitten), it is a young, yet full flavoured Rioja and is strikingly different. This wine has fresh, bright aromas of red and black fruits with a wonderful fresh character. Blackberry and red fruit flavours with supporting nuances of balsam, liquorice and chocolate. This is a young, un-oaked Rioja but quite complex wine and it stands … Read More
Dominio de Punctum Roble 2017 (Organic)
Dominio de Punctum Roble is full of intense and spicy blackberry aromas laced with a touch of damsons and vanilla, cedary oak. This is followed by attractive and fresh blackberry and damson fruit flavours with cinnamon spice. A complex wine with layered flavours and it is savoury, with ripe tannins and a great food wine. A terrific blend, showing complexity and well integrated tannins from its six months in american oak barrels. A stylish, … Read More
Mil Historias Bobal 2018/19 (Organic)
Mil Historias Bobal is a rich and yet fresh red wine. It arrests the senses with intense aromas of cherry and damson fruit with citrus hints and a touch of black pepper. The flavours are equally intense, there is cherry fruit together with peppery, liquorice and chocolate hints. This full-bodied red has a lovely full, savoury and complex finish. Wines made from this widely planted grape, the Bobal, mainly found in the Levant area … Read More
Mil Historias Malbec 2019 (Organic)
Mil Historias Malbec is our second wine from this terrific Bodega in off-the-beaten-track Manchuela, in Spain. It has intense aromas of mulberries, blueberries and hints of dark chocolate, leather and spice. The flavours are equally intense, there is black fruit and dark cherry fruit together with dark chocolate, espresso, liquorice and black pepper hints. This full-bodied red has a lovely full, savoury and complex finish. It is structured with ripe tannins and excellent fruit … Read More
Raats Dolomite Cabernet Franc 2018
Bags of smoky blackberries and hints of leather on the nose in Raats Dolomite Cabernet Franc. This draws you in to savour the succulent, spicy black fruit flavours coupled with good structure and length; very moreish, fresh and full-bodied at the same time! This is a terrific example of Cabernet Franc with a tiny addition of Malbec. The result is a like a succulent Loire, or even a light Bordeaux, that is stylish, rich … Read More
El Escoces Volante Manga del Brujo 2017
Manga del Brujo has a complex, rich, spicy damson and plum nose with hints of garrigue and chocolate. These are followed by rich strawberry, plum fruit flavours and pepper notes. This is a big wine which is superbly concentrated, elegant and yet burly at the same time! 5 months in oak barrel has given this intensely flavoured wine a perfect balance and great length. Hand-picked grapes from selected, very low-yield old vines give this … Read More
Iona Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Iona Sauvignon Blanc has an aromatic nose with fine mineral notes with gooseberry and grapefruit aromas. The palate is so well balanced and elegant, with classic Sauvignon Blanc flavours of grapefruit and light gooseberry fruit mingled with tropical fruit and a long, smooth finish. It is a beautifully pure, textured Sauvignon and the tiny addition of barrel-fermented Semillon just gives a smoothness, and added complexity, whilst retaining the wine’s fresh, enigmatic appeal. Andrew and … Read More
Luis Cañas Crianza 2017
Luis Cañas Crianza has rich blackcurrant and raspberry aromas with hints of creamy oak with enticing balsam hints. This leads you into its concentrated, rich fruit flavours and complex, savoury layers. It is such an elegant, yet appealing Rioja Crianza, with great structure, excellent balance and smooth round tannins. We are always impressed by the quality and price of this stylish Crianza which is more like a Reserva in elegance, complexity and depth of flavours. … Read More
Cuvee de Cair 2016/17
Cuvee de Cair is a Roble (oak aged wine) from Dominio de Cair. Tempranillo is blended with a touch of Merlot and aged in oak for 9 months. The result is complex, layered aromas of black fruits, chocolate and mocha coupled with a rich, intense, highly structured palate of savoury black fruit with creamy oak notes and excellent length. It has a beautiful balance of tannins and fruit. Cuvee de Cair is a special … Read More
Iona Elgin Highlands Chardonnay 2019
Iona Chardonnay has immediate appeal of a sophisticated, light Burgundian Chardonnay at a great price offer. It has aromas of white peach, minerals and hints of almonds, hazelnuts and limes. The flavours are complex and layered, with touches of almond and biscuit brioche which combine with a wonderful purity of fruit and terrific length. This is a beautifully poised Chardonnay with perfect integration of oak and acidity. The flavours are intense, vibrant and subtle … Read More
Schubert Marion’s Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015
Schubert Marion’s Vineyard Pinot Noir is typical of Schubert’s wines which are always truly elegant and complex. This vintage displays a refined, strawberry and dark cherry fruit nose; at the same time it is smoky with classic hints of the “forest floor.” This is followed by complex layers of savoury strawberry, blackcurrant and cherry fruit with hints of liquorice and spice coupled with terrific finesse. Beautifully poised and well structured Pinot Noir with brilliant … Read More
Schubert BlockB Pinot Noir 2016
Schubert BlockB Pinot Noir is typical of Schubert’s wines which stand out for their brilliant quality. Powerful, intense, complex multi-layered aromas wake up the senses when you first open a Schubert Block B Pinot Noir. This is an exceptional vintage of this wine that has been rated as “Outstanding” by Decanter magazine, with a stunning 95 points. The aromas remind you of blackcurrant, strawberry and cherries along with nuances of herbs, smoke and the … Read More
Schubert BlockB Pinot Noir 2017
Schubert BlockB Pinot Noir is typical of Schubert’s wines which stand out for their brilliant quality. Powerful, intense, complex multi-layered aromas wake up the senses when you first open a Schubert Block B Pinot Noir. Following the previous vintage which was rated as exceptional, this 2017 vintage “steps up to the plate” with 95 points from critics. The aromas remind you of red berry fruits along with nuances of herbs and spicy chocolate and … Read More
Spanish Organics – with Tasting Notes
Organic wines from Spain Spanish Organics Case Offer is a terrific selection of organic (with a couple of biodynamic) wines from four different Bodegas. Two of these wines are both organic and biodyanmic* which come from Dominio de Punctum, a family-run estate at 750 metres near Las Pedroñeras (around half way between Valencia and Madrid). They are joined by a delicous organic Verdejo from Bodegas Volver and a ‘Field Blend’ organic red from the … Read More
Wondrous Whites Case Offer
Spain is now producing some amazing white wines and so is South Africa! This case is a great introduction to some quality wines from Rioja and central Spain together with three whites from South Africa – an award winning Sauvignon Blanc from cool climate Elgin, a fresh Chenin Blanc from Walker Bay and a terrific blend of Chenin Blanc, Roussanne and Grenache Blanc from the Western Capel This case comes complete with Tasting Notes. … Read More
“Off the Beaten Track Spain” Case Offer
Spain offers so much more than Rioja, so we have put together an “Off the Beaten Track Spain” Case Offer; this is a great way of discovering six distinctive and delicious wines from less well known areas of Spain. All these wines are from small family-run producers. Discover “Off the Beaten Track Spain” Case Offer with accompanying notes Sip your way through – two white wines – one comes from an organic Estate in … Read More
“Behind the Label” Case Offer – Wines with a story from South Africa & Spain
“Behind the Label” Case Offer brings you wines with great stories! Discover “Behind the Label” Case Offer with accompanying notes, provides a journey in flavours that should delight most palates! Sip your way through – Two white wines from South Africa – both from family estates, one is an unusual and excellent blend (Bonfire Hill), the third white is from Spain, made from the Godello grape; a sophisticated, complex white with a great story. … Read More