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Portocarro Autocarro No 27
Herdade Do Portocarro is a project located on the border of Peninsula De Setubal and Alentejo regions. The aim is to produce the finest wines in limited and exclusive quantities for wine lovers to enjoy the quality. Typically the wines are tense and earthy, but also have a freshness and elegance to them.
A young rebel! A woodland like nose, that opens up with time into plums and dark chocolate. There is intensity and a freshness on the palate showing the terroir with flavours of coffee, chocolate and also some mint. A foody wine, best with some roast pork and many traditional home cooked meals.
Mabis Biscardo Neropasso
A great little Italian red with cherry and plum flavours. Perfect with pasta!
The Biscardo Family have been making wine from their base in Soave for over 150 years and are currently led by brothers Maurizio and Martino.
During the course of Maurizio’s long and illustrious career, he has consulted for well known wineries around Italy and in doing so he came across the vineyards for their Puglian wines. Both the Pugliese and Veneto wines are characterised by an almost dangerous drinkability, aromatic purity and exceptional value for money.
Sottano Cabernet Sauvignon
Situated between the City of Mendoza and Chile, the Sottano winery has the Andes as a backdrop and is known for growing the most high end grapes in the region.
Complex aromas ranging from black pepper to cassis to coffee and tobacco with typical black fruits, chocolate and mint flavours. Everyone buys the Malbec, and its a wonderful wine, but we think the Cabernet version is even better!
Gaia de Chateau Puybarbe
Château Puybarbe is situated at the highest elevation of the Côtes de Bourg appellation, looking over the Gironde estuary on the right bank of Bordeaux. The 36-hectare vineyard comprises predominantly Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon and is cultivated according to sustainable philosophies. Château Puybarbe uses no herbicides or chemical fertilizers.
This wine is a delight with various including rich salads, various vegetarian meals as well as moderate red-meat dishes. Roasted chicken, fried veal escalope & duck confit.
Cantine Povero Cabanè Langhe
A unique velvety blend with the fruity notes of Barbera, the elegant perfumes of Nebbiolo and the full body of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Château Laballe ‘Les Terres Basses’ Rouge
A family-owned winery established in 1820, and located in the heartland of Gascony. Things began with Jean Dominique Laudet, a former spice merchant in the French Antilles who decided to return home and begin producing Armagnac. The family continued Armagnac production until 1970, when Noël Laudet, former steward of Château Beychevelle decided to diversify and begin the production of dry white wines.
The Laballe vineyard is located at the heart of Gascony, on a sunny hillside and chalk-clay soils. Subtly fruity nose of raspberries and cassis, fresh and mineral on the palate with good length and an overriding fresh salinity thanks to the maritime climate.
Chateau Les Tourelles Du Barrail, Médoc, Bordeaux
The higher percentage of Merlot in this wine makes it rounder and easy to drink whilst young. Full of plum and cherry fruits with hints of the minerality Medoc in known for.
Herdade Sao Miguel Tinto
Casas Relvas is a family run winery in the Alentejo region of Portugal, started in 1997 by Alexandre Relvas who saw in Herdade de São Miguel the vast horizons of his roots in Africa. The family’s passion for the region has extended to the rebuilding of cork oak forests.
The Tinto is a blend of Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Touriga Nacional and Alicante Bouschet that changes slightly each year, the last few vintages of which have been fantastic. It results in a full bodied wine, with plenty of cassis, no matter how much Cabernet Sauvignon is used, which delves into dark fruit with a crunchy minerality and some spice from toasted oak. This is a great accompaniament to any Mediterranean dishes, especially lamb.
Chateau Laurou ‘Tradition’ Fronton
Made from the local speciality, Négrette along with Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, this is an interesting wine with blackberry, leather and a slightly balsamic quality on the nose. Juicy, tart plum-edged black fruit. Best with big hearty meals like casseroles and stews.
Egri Korona Harmonia
The Egri Korona Borház (Crown Wine House of Eger) is a family winery which can be found in the middle of the Eger wine region, right next to the thermal hot spring of Egerszalók and it’s unbelievable white cliffs. This area is renowned for its thermal baths and its resulting soil rich in minerals of volcanic origin.
Harmonia is a blend of the dominant blue grapes of the area, true to the tradition of the region making wines with many varietals. This wine is JUICY with good body. Fruit and sour-cherry aroma of Menoire & Blauburger perfectly entwined with the spiciness of Kekfrankos and fiery character of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Lanzerac Cabernet Sauvignon
Lanzerac Wine Estate produces award winning wines of excellence and superior quality. As a point of interest, Lanzerac bottled the first Pinotage in the world. Their Cabernet is a full-bodied wine with excellent structure and a lingering aftertaste.
Avignonesi Cantaloro Rosso
Located just outside the quiet village of Valiano di Montepulciano, with Cortona on one side and Montepulciano on the other, Avignonesi is comprised of 9 vineyard plots, a villa, a chapel and the historic wine cellars. This is fruit forward, easy drinking and accessible. A fantastic option for an everyday bottle. Cherries, blackberries, thyme, red pepper and exotic spices.
Holden Manz Vernissage
Holden Manz Wine Estate, known as Franschhoek’s hidden gem, is located in the southernmost corner of the stunningly beautiful Franschhoek Valley.
75kW of solar panels provide electricity and a 40,000 litre roof water collection system supplements the underground water supply.
This is their entry-level wine and represents such great value for money. Raspberries, cherries, mulberry flavours, with soft and silky tannins and a lingering finish. Pair with slow cooked lamb stew or your favourite pizza/pasta dish.
Vins el Cep Negre de Terrer
A delicious organic and biodynamic red from just west of Barcelona. It’s very approachable and silky smooth with lovely fresh berry notes – a blend of international varities – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah.
This pioneering Penedès farm was formed by four historic wine growing families in 1980 to make wines from vineyards they’ve been farming since 1448. Organic since 2001 and farming biodynamically since 2003, they remain one of the region’s most progressive producers. Vines are mostly grown on the slopes of Anoia as well as spread over the municipalities of Santi Sadurní d’Anoia, Gelida and Sant Lorenç d’Hortons.
Angeline Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
This Cabernet is eager to please both Cabernet drinkers and red wine fans alike. The bouquet and front palate is intense with notes of fresh blackberry, rich currant and a touch of light cocoa. Medium bodied with soft tannins infused with vanilla and a subtle caramel, finishing with bright fresh fruit and a touch of earthiness.
Domaine de la Zouina Volubilia Classic
Full bodied red from the beautiful walled city of Meknes, northern Morocco. All the leather, tobacco and mocha flavours you could wish for, a stunning wine for the money! Currently in conversion to organic status.
Brickmason Lodi Zinfandel
80% Zinfandel, this blend is full of deep red fruit aromas which lead into notes of dark cherry with soft tannins and a velvet finish.
Chateau Haut Barrail Médoc, Bordeaux
Aged for 15 months in stave oak barrels, three-quarters of which is renewed each year, this wine is full of finesse and elegance, it stands out for its attractive, delicate bouquet and its rich aromas of ripe fruit and toasted almonds. The vineyard grows on a clay-limestone terroir and covers some 6 hectares planted with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Distant Noises Cabernet Sauvignon
The fruit for this wine is sourced from Yarra Valley, south eastern Australia. It features the classic hallmarks of Cabernet Sauvignon; blackberries, blackcurrant on the nose and palate with aromas of blackcurrant intermingling with wood notes and cedar on the nose. Supremely drinkable at a refreshingly restrained 13% alcohol. We are big fans of this wine, a superb example of finesse and quality over the usual syruppy fruit bombs New World wines often produce. If you are a fan of mid-range Bordeaux, this is well worth a whirl. Delicious!
Pair with cured meats, mezze or paprika based dishes.
Lidio Carraro Dadivas Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon
Lidio Carraro is a family-owned Brazilian winery founded by descendants of Italian immigrants devoted to the viticulture tradition for over 5 generations. The Dadivas range is about internationally known grapes grown on Brazillian soil.
Intense aromas of fresh ripe fruits including strawberry, black fruits and hints of spice and chocolate. The wine is unoaked resulting in soft fruity flavours with plenty of balance, complexity and freshness. Pair this with pasta, chicken or red meats.
Holden Manz Visionaire
Winemaker Thierry Haberer has been making wines around the world for over a decade. He has spent time working in Bordeaux and Napa Valley in the USA before settling at the Holden Manz Wine Estate in Franschhoek Valley, one of South Africa’s premiere winemaking regions. The estate boasts 22 hectares of exclusively red grape varieties; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah.
This multi award winning wine is a blend of predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Malbec. This is a big, bold spicy beast of a wine that has more than a whiff of top end Bordeaux and Hermitage about it. Ripe black fruit , liquorice and leather on the nose and palate; the fruit dominates but well balanced acidity and tannin are very much in the mix. A peppery spicy finish is particularly satisfying.
Make no bones about it, this is a wine that demands – not asks – demands to be paired with the reddest of red meats.
Chateau Grandis Haut Medoc, Bordeaux
Château Grandis became a family run estate in 1857 and was later modernised in 1985. The vineyards are made up of a modest 10 hectares which enables the family to maintain the strictest high standards both in the vineyard and the cellar.
A wine for enthusiasts of classic Haut-Medoc. Charming, well-balanced and elegant with red fruits and a long silky finish.
Avalon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
**20% off** Established in 2001 in Sonoma County, Avalon have become known for producing approachable, delicious wines of great quality. Balanced and enjoyable. Aromas of black fruits give way to cherries and raspberries on the palate and a lingering finish. Pairs well with red meats and roasted vegetables.
Marco Abella Loidana Priorat
The Abella family have been producing wine in the priorat region since the 15th century. They work with the greatest care and respect for the environment, using the latest practices in organic farming. The wine is intensely fruity and fresh with raspberry, blackberry and cedar flavours.
Kaesler Cabernet Sauvignon
The Kaelsler family planted their first vines in 1893 and to this day the vines are made from these ancient, dry grown vineyards. This Cabernet Savignon is produced from vines planted in 1970 & 1990. The wine has notes of cedar spice and layered with red stone fruit on the nose. It is soft and elegant on the palate with hints of blackberry, liquorice and mocha. The wine was matured in 25% new French oak with the remainder in 2-3 year old oak to help craft well integrated tannins with a smooth lingering finish. An outstanding wine.
Pair with roasted red meats and charcuterie.
Riglos Gran Cabernet Sauvignon
Riglos is a town in La Pampa Province that friends Dario Werthein and Fabian Suffern have honored in naming their winery. It was a place where their ancestors had settled when they arrived in Argentina. In the Uco Valley, they found great parcels of grapes in a very barren landscape from which they made their first wines.
Surely one of the best Cabernet Sauvignons in Argentina. Excellent structure to the wine which carry layers of fruit and spices that grow beside the vineyard, they are highlighted by minerality and polished tannins.
Maison Sichel Margaux
An impressively elegant Margaux with impeccable provenance (declassified from one of the top Margaux Chateaux) showing textural richness and intensity, along with dark fruits and silky tannins. Drinking really well now.
Margaux wines are the most floral in all of Bordeaux, often compared to violets. The wines of Margaux are easy to pair with a wide array of different foods – especially lamb & game.
Chateau Perron Lalande de Pomerol
Having been in the Massonie family for three generations, Perron is now the responsibility of Bertrand Massonie, whose drive, passion, technical skill and respect for the property’s exceptional terroir have contributed massively to its recent renaissance. One of the top wines in the appellation and a rising star of the Right Bank.
Rich, powerful and many-layered nose of red fruits, dark spice, fresh oak and cocoa. Supple, velvety palate with fine, crisply elegant tannins. Fresh lingering finish with menthol flavours. A charming, easy-to-drink wine which will go down well with any fine food.
Holden Manz Proprietors Blend Red
Winemaker Thierry Haberer has been making wines around the world for over a decade. He has spent time working in Bordeaux and Napa Valley in the USA before settling at the Holden Manz Wine Estate in Franschhoek Valley, one of South Africa’s premiere winemaking regions. The estate boasts 22 hectares of exclusively red grape varieties; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah.
This combination of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah delivers a perfumed nose with complementary flavours of black and red berries with underlying sweet spice notes. 2015 is widely regarded as an exceptional vintage in South Africa and this wine is a great expression of that outstanding harvest.
Pairs perfectly with a Braai (obviously!) a Saturday night steak or a Sunday lunch joint of beef. We also love it with a spicy slow cook vegan chilli.
Avignonesi Cantaloro Rosso Magnum
Located just outside the quiet village of Valiano di Montepulciano, with Cortona on one side and Montepulciano on the other, Avignonesi is comprised of 9 vineyard plots, a villa, a chapel and the historic wine cellars. This is fruit forward, easy drinking and accessible. A fantastic option for an everyday bottle. Black cherry pie, black berries, thyme, red pepper grains and exotic spices.
Maison Sichel Pauillac
This wine offers all the richness and elegance typical of this prestigious appellation.
Grown in the very best terroirs and vinified with the same meticulous care as the Grands crus, it shows pepper and liquorice on the nose, and pure well-structured cassis, blackberries and vanilla on the palate
Drink from 2020 onwards for several years.
Holden Manz Big G
Located in the top, southern-most corner of the Franschhoek Valley, in the embrace of its spectacular mountains, the 22 hectare Holden Manz Wine Estate is situated between the Franschhoek River and Stony Brook at 300 meters above sea level. An exclusive grower of red grapes, the Estate only cultivates its top 16 hectares under vineyards, notably Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Merlot.
Trefethen Estate Eshcol
Eshcol was the original name of the Trefethen Estate in Napa Valley, first planted in the 1800’s. The wines made there helped establish Napa’s early reputation for quality wines. A Bordeaux-style blend with bold fruit aromas, leading to bright blackberry and cherry on the palate. A balanced wine, great for any occasion from a barbeque to pizza night.
Blank Bottle, BIG
With stunning black fruit, cedar, graphite and sweet peppery spice matched with a cool meatiness to the nose, this is a very drinkable wine – don’t let the name put you off! The fruit is ripe on the palate but doesn’t shout at you, with a gentle hint of green and savoury meaty note and just enough tannins – a great BBQ wine for sure. This year, it’s a blend of 7 vineyards, with neither of the high elevation Ceres vineyards being included due to a fire close by to the sites close to harvest, with a smudge of Cab Franc too.
The wine was born as a fun strike back against the Swartland Revolution, when Rhone blends were suddenly thrust centre stage, and Bordeaux blends of Stellenbosch and all Cab suddenly became ‘uncool’. Pieter thought he would devote some time to the iconic grape variety, and what a great job he’s done.
Famille JM Cazes Saint-Estephe
The Cazes family has been rooted in the Medoc for generations. Most importantly, as the family has grown so has the focus on their quality wine production.
Produced from the younger fruit of Château Les Ormes de Pez. The blend is 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Again, the young fruit delivers a forward, silky style for immediate pleasure, but the classic Saint Estèphe structure is also clearly on show.
Chateau Fleur de Lisse Saint Emilion Grand Cru
Château de Lisse was one of the largest vineyards in Saint Étienne de Lisse in the early twentieth century. It is one of the oldest vineyards in Saint Émilion, which explains why the average age of the vines is 45 years. From 1940 to 2015 it belonged to the Minvielle family, who over the years made it prosper and modernised the winemaking business by building a vatting cellar. In 2015, the château was acquired by the Teycheney family, who already owned Château La Loubière and, being passionately interested in farming and wine, decided to farm using biodynamic methods.
Its bouquet is perfectly pure and expressive, displaying notes of red berries, cassis and blackberry, and is followed by an ample, smooth and remarkably balanced palate. The finish is refined, the back-of palate discretely toasty and smoky. It is the ideal accompaniment for grilled meat, lamb chops or blue cheese over an informal meal.
Flametree SRS Cabernet Sauvignon
The Towner family established their family run vineyard and winery in 2007 in the heart of Margaret River; one of Australia’s premium winemaking regions. They quickly established a reputation for producing multi-award winning hand crafted Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon wines with unique flavour, structure and depth.
This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon comes from vines from the coastal Wilyabrup region. The wine is medium to full bodied in structure with a powerful palate, great acidity and fine grained tannins. The nose and palate display blackberries and plum with dark bitter chocolate undertones. A well balanced wine with power, elegance and freshness. The wine was matured for 14 months French oak.
Pair with red meats, lasagne and hard cheeses.
Trefethen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
A wine of depth and dignity, an elegant expression of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Dense dark fruit but with a lively peppery spiciness. Very approachable to enjoy now and will age over the next decade.
Gaja Sito Moresco Langhe 2019
Taking its name from that of the original vineyard. A complex, harmonious blend of Nebbiolo, Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
Crunchy red fruity aromas of red plum and cherry lead to a long-lasting finish with a hint of minerality.
The pioneering Gaja family has been growing vines and making wine for five generations, a tradition they started in 1859 in Piedmont. Each generation nurtures the dreams and vision of the previous one, building and innovating for the next. Above all, they are inspired by respect for nature and believe attention to detail is paramount.
Gitana Winery Lupi
Intense nose of mixed berries and vanilla with hints of chocolate. A robust, well-balanced wine, powerful tannins that amplify its elegance of black fruit, ripe plum and cassis flavours. Can drink now with grilled meats, aged cheeses or dark chocolate and a cigar or will age for a long time.
Hoopes Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
The Hoopes Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of fruit from a rich variety of sites which represent the complex tapestry of Napa terroir. Sublime balance, intense aromas and luscious textures that bring the diverse valley into harmony in a glass.
Flavours of strawberry jam, oak, creamy milk chocolate. Enjoy with a cheese plate.