Cape To Cairo

Sadie Family

Die Ouwingerdreeks Skurfberg Chenin Blanc 2016

Beautiful Chenin. Loads of acid and a nice weight to it. — 4 years ago

Judy Williams
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Mullineux Family Wines

Kloof Street Swartland Rouge 2017

Syrah, cinsault. Very enjoyable. Dark fruits. Ligt spice. Easy to drink. More ish — 5 years ago

Sadie Family

Palladius Swartland White Blend 2011

Drinking 2011 vintage. Has aged very well. Creamy mouthfeel. Delicious luscious wine Have one more bottle of same vintage and will hold off another six months (if I can) to open — 5 years ago

Sadie Family

Treinspoor Swartland Tinta Barocca 2014

The Sadie wines are treasures. Eben Sadie makes wine in the ways I’d make wine. Treinspoor is something unique. I’d be shocked if anyone could call the grape blind though it makes sense after you think about it. Tinta Barocca is usually made for Port and you can draw the link to prune, plumb, raisins, spruce, and oak. Bone dry, fleshy tannins. — 6 years ago

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Boekenhoutskloof

The Chocolate Block Cinsault Blend

Smooth, rich in taste and easy to drink. — 6 years ago

Unsung Hero Wines

Western Cape Shiraz 2017

I bought at TJs for $6. Nothing too fancy, easy to drink, enjoyable on its own, a little tart but not too tanic. Would buy again. — 7 years ago

Mvemveraats

De Compostella Cabernet Franc Blend

WOTN! Bringing some of this baby home and can't wait to try it again in a few years. — 8 years ago

Tara GellerAmy HadjianMark Geller
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Greg Ballington

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Love #mvemve going there in December!!
Bill Bender

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This is a wine that should make @Mike R smile, it has his initials and everything
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@Bill Bender you are right

Mullineux Family Wines

Swartland Syrah 2013

Clean pure SA Syrah with a French soul. Light but intense cherry rainbow. Needed 45 mins to open up, but none of the stinky animale I associate with the region. Give it 2-3 years but not much longer. Nice! — 9 years ago

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Boekenhoutskloof

The Wolftrap Syrah Blend 2013

Great wine, little dry at first then smoothed out to a spice flavor. Has a big hit at a wine tasting just had today, Jan 2016. — 9 years ago

Rupert & Rothschild (Anthonij Rupert & Benjamin de Rothschild)

Classique Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Easy drink no need to air long goes really well with steak — 11 years ago

Southern Right

Walker Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Beautiful floral wine. Slight acidity that is ever so pleasant, great for a summers evening but needs to be extra cold. — 11 years ago

Boekenhoutskloof

Paarl Syrah 2014

Dense Ruby with a purple rim. Blue and black fruits with a smoky note. On the palate sweet plum and blackberry notes - a nice balance between fruit and savoury factors. Medium bodied finishing with fluid soft tannins of medium minus intensity - largely resolved. Could be Australian in a blind tasting. Probably one of South Africa’s better Syrahs - a country that produces better Cabernet in my experience. A quality Syrah. I was hoping to be able to pronounce the name as we enjoyed tasting the bottle but at the finish it still eluded me. 😉. Tasted again 106 weeks later on 2nd January 2023 with consistent notes. — 5 years ago

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Jan A

Jan A

Lots of Dutch farmers moved to South Africa, we Dutchies can still understand a lot of the south African language since it is a mixture of Dutch, English and native African
Bob McDonald

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Thanks Jan and Jeroen. So that winery name is pure Dutch not Afrikaans?
Jan A

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It is a combination of books (boeken), wood (hout), gap (kloof). All Dutch words but the combination is typical African so I would not claim that this is a pure Dutch name!

Spier

Vintage Selection Stellenbosch Pinotage 2016

Lots of raspberry, blackberry, smokey. Could stand up to meat, heavier meals. 2016 — 6 years ago

Rustenberg

John X Merriman Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2016

Somm David T
9.3

The red fruits shine. They are bright, fresh with nice florals. Blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, blueberries and poached strawberries. Dark chocolate, mocha, caramel, vanilla, clove, cinnamon, tobacco with ash, dark rich soils, berry cola, steeped fruit tea, red fruit liqueur notes with fresh & withering dark & red florals.

The body is full with powdery, dusty, meaty, tarry and sticky tannins. The fruits are ripe, delicious and easy to drink now but, will benefit from 6-8 more years in bottle. Blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, blueberries and poached strawberries. Dark chocolate, mocha, caramel, vanilla, clove, cinnamon, dark spice with a little heat, tobacco with ash, dark rich soils, berry cola, steeped fruit tea, red fruit liqueur notes with fresh & withering dark & red florals. The acidity is round and beautiful. The long finish is ripe, juicy, well balanced, delicious and persist nicely.

Photos of; Rustenberg’s hillside vines, our tasting lounge, fermentation cellar with hanging stainless tanks so they can work the process with gravity, and Rustenberg’s Cellar Door and grounds.
— 6 years ago

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Jam Jar

Sweet Shiraz

My absolute favorite wine! sweet but not overly so - easy to drink in any season. — 7 years ago

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MAN Family Wines

Free-Run Steen Coastal Region Chenin Blanc 2016

A very tasty Steen. Dry, with loads of citrus and green apple, floral, herbal and mineral notes. For $10, I think one would find this to be an exceptional value. Drink it with Mussels steamed with a bit of the wine, garlic, a touch of olive oil and a bit of parsley and yowsa! — 8 years ago

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Mulderbosch

Western Cape Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Medium body, med lemon, flint, Grn Apple, grassy in nose. Nice lot to med acid, lime zest, flinty, medium finish. — 9 years ago

Arabella

Western Cape Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Fantastic Mandarin orange (and zest) and strawberry nose, almost tropical. Semi-sweet, super red fruit palate. Low tannins once decanted, and very fluid. Law acidity. Easy to drink without food pairing. — 10 years ago

Rustenberg

Stellenbosch Chardonnay 2012

Toasty with marshmallow, but not overdone thanks to fresh stone fruit — 11 years ago

Thelema Mountain Vineyards

Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Thelema Mountain grown Cabernet this is a ridiculous value wine. I'd compare it to the Best Napa had to offer at a third the price retail around $45 — 12 years ago

Klein Constantia

Vin de Constance Natural Sweet Muscat à Petits Grains

Guava on the nose and guava on the palate...gorgeous yellow colour. Apricots and peaches. Lovely dessert wine but im giving a slight edge to the Groot Constantia Grand Constance. — 5 years ago

Cape Mentelle

Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Wine No. 6 of the 8 Cabernets we tasted blind on Saturday. The idea for this tasting came from Cape Mentelle who annually have an International Cabernet tasting at the winery in WA where they have the confidence to put their wine up against the best Cabernets in the world every year. This has all of the classic Cabernet descriptors of black olive, red fruits, cigar box etc. Ranked #6 of the 8 Cabernets we tasted on the day. Again needs to be cellared to realise its ultimate potential. — 5 years ago

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Bob McDonald

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@Clive McNish That’s right Clive. There were some good wines there. To be fair the rankings for the tasting were judged on a consensus. I gave this wine 95 points but the consensus was 92.66.
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The consensus was the average of 9 tasters.
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On 29/11/20 a group of Australian Wine Professionals tasted a selection of Cape Mentelle Cabernets. Huon Hooke gave this 97 points and a drinking window of 2020 to 2044.

Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Hemel-En-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir

Pale ruby color, with Pronounced aromas of ripe, jammy strawberry, cherry tobacco and forest floor. Some vanilla comes out along with some tertiary notes. High acidity, medium + body, medium alcohol (13.5%) with the palate mirroring the nose, adding to strawberry and cherry some mineral and earthy graphite notes. Fine grained tannins with a medium finish. complex, with very good quality lacking only a longer finish to bring it up to par with the finest examples from Walker Bay. — 6 years ago

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Cape Mentelle

Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon Blend 2017

Shay A
9.0

The winemaker from Cape Mentelle was touring through TX and stopped by Classic Wine Storage for a quick tasting.

This was served too cold at first. It was like biting in to an underripe Granny Smith Apple. Lots of tartness with a touch of sweetness. Grapefruit and melon showed up after it warmed in the glass. Finish rounded out too.
— 6 years ago

Dan FitzgeraldMark Flesher
with Dan and Mark
Bill, Severn and 27 others liked this
Mark Flesher

Mark Flesher

A nice crisp white that is the perfect poolside sipper. This wine was served on ice, yet is MUCH better after it warms and shows more complexity. Lemon and lime tart. A little honeysuckle. Very nice and a bit simplistic, this wine doesn't require much, except that you enjoy it!
9.0

Beeslaar

Stellenbosch Pinotage 2016

Abrie Beeslaar private project where Kanonkop allows him to make some bottles under his own name at the Kanonkop winery. This is the 5th vintage of this beautiful, completely a-typical pinotage. Silky,thick and abundant in fruit. No smokiness at all but length and style. Lovely. — 8 years ago

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A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines

Secateurs Swartland Chenin Blanc 2015

A wine for fall, with ripe golden apples, creamy plump hazelnuts touched with vanilla. Heady honeysuckle sweetness and barley sugar give way to a note of dry hay on the nose. The nose continues to the palate which is complemented by a rich, luscious texture. The acidity is in beautiful harmony and a delicate, dry mineral quality prevails despite the suggestion of sweetness hinted at on the nose. The finish is deliciously long and rich. Perfect drinking and savoring on its own or paired with oven roasted chicken and squash.
— 9 years ago

Alheit Vineyards

Cartology Bushvines Chenin Blanc Blend 2014

Christopher Bates
9.4

Really love this stuff. It's beginning to define a whole new category of sa wine and is so unique. More Rhone white that Loire, the wines is rich, creamy, round and concentrated without being overripe. — 9 years ago

Evan, Daniel P. and 7 others liked this

DeMorgenzon

Reserve Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2013

Had as an aperitif..a little indulgent but given then heavy flavours to to follow (lamb and a biggish Rioja) was not out of place...lovely stone fruit with oak ...banging — 10 years ago

Jean-Luc Colombo

Cape Bleue Rosé Blend 2013

Very crisp, light and smooth all around. I'm almost afraid to try another Rosè — 11 years ago