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Long Mountain Western Cape Chardonnay RSA
Description: At the southern tip of Africa lies the Western Cape growing area which is sheltered by the Langeberg mountain range, where Long Mountain wines are born. Long Mountain's fresh, crisp and fruity style arises from the area's favourable conditions. Flavours are of fresh peach/fig characters with buttery and nutty overtons. Medium bodied tropical fruit flavours on the middle palate and rich and creamy flavours which linger on the finish (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £79.38
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Thelema Mountain Vineyards Merlot Stellenbosch RSA
Description: In July 1983 the McLean Family Trust bought the old fruit farm Thelema, situated on the top of the Helshoogte Pass about 6 kilometers outside of Stellenbosch. This purchase was the culmination of a long search by Gyles and Barbara Webb for that rare location where exceptional wines could be made. The farm comprises 157 ha of land on the slopes of the Simonsberg. The elevation ranges from 370 to 640 meters above sea level of mainly south-facing slopes, making Thelema one of the highest and probably coolest wine farms in the Stellenbosch area. The Merlot grapes are de-stalked, crushed, pumped into stainless steel tanks and pumped over for 6 days & left for 5 days before pressing. The wine is then aged 20 months in French oak, 20% of which is new wood. This wine has a deep red colour with lovely berry fruit flavours and a fine woody structure. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £101.31
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Horse Mountain QUAGGA RIDGE Rose Voor-Paardeberg Paarl RSA
Description: Horse Mountain Wines embody a new spirit of adventure in winemaking in the Cape with a fresh, entrepreneurial approach, unfettered by conventional tradition but rooted in the tried and tested philosophy that fine wine is made in the vineyard. These wines come from a former dairy farm on the slopes of the Paardeberg mountain between Paarl and Wellington. The 217ha property was acquired in 1997 after its potential as a suitable terroir for quality wine production had been identified. Since then, energetic owner Craig Lardner, a former property developer with a new-found passion for winemaking, and innovative consultant viticulturist Paul Wallace, have systematically selected nearly 50ha of the 150ha of viticulturally viable ground for painstaking preparation and careful cultivation to five grape varieties. The grapes grown include Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz that flourish on the high-lying, high-potential Vilefontes soils. While the Merlot and Pinotage have settled in the lower-lying, rich red Swartland/Glenrosa soils and Cabernet Franc does well in the similarly low-altitude Estcourt soils. Such significant variations in soil comnbined with an exceptional climate compared with conditions in the surrounding Paarl wine growing district, earned this new viticultural pocket its own 'ward' status in 2003. Horse Mountain wines thus proudly bear the designation Wine of Origin Voor-Paardeberg on their labels. This wine has a sexy partridge-eye pink colour produced from a gentle pressing of fine red grape varieties. The wine has a delicate dryness with a flutter of ripe berry undertones and is made in a true rose' style from Merlot and Pinotage. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £72.86
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