The Summerfield Merlot has a medium-bodied wine with juicy flavors of boysenberry and ripe blackberry with a hint of oak. A balanced palate with a smooth finish.
The 2022 Swartland Contours Collection Cabernet Merlot wine is well-crafted and smooth. This Swartland Contours Collection Cabernet Merlot wine has a classic blend with its rich tannin structure seamlessly intertwine with the cassis flavours and dark fruit and berry tones. Swartland Winery’s easy drinking, fruit driven wines selected by our winemaking team from the greater Western Cape.
The Swartland Winery is situated about 70km north of Cape Town and 3km outside the town of Malmesbury on the road to Paarl. In the heart of the Swartland the winery harvests its grapes from wine farms spread out on the hills around Malmesbury. The vineyards benefit from the constant cool breezes that blow off the Atlantic Ocean, effectively sustaining the many microclimates, while the proximity to mountain ranges adds its own dimension to the physical character of the grape berry.
The Swartland Contours Collection Cabernet Merlot wine is best paired with grilled meat with a hearty mushroom sauce.
The Tavernello Organic Sangiovese Rubicone wine has a deep ruby red color which shows intense fruit aromas of blackberry and luxurious cherry, typical of Sangiovese.
This Organic Sangiovese Rubicone is best paired with tomato-based pastas, filled ravioli, hard cheeses and red meats.
The Tavernello Sangiovese Rubicone 2020 wine has intense ruby colour with delicate scents of violets on the nose. This Sangiovese wine is dry and well-balanced on the pale with soft tannins.
The 2022 Terra Vega Cabernet Sauvignon wine is a attractive violet wine expresses cassis and fresh cherry notes. It has nice and long finish showing a well-balanced wine with round and ripe tannins. This wine is an excellent complement to spicy dishes and red meats.
The 2022 Terra Vega Merlot wine has a ruby-red in color with characteristics of plum and black cherry typical of the Merlot varietal. On the palate, it is soft and medium-bodied with ripe berry fruit notes and elegant, soft tannins.
The 2021 Exhibitionist Merlot by Wild & Wilder wine has a deep garnet red color. This Exhibitionist Merlot wine has a full of rich plum and damson fruit on the nose. Oak used is unobtrusive on the palate which is dominated by rich red berry flavours while also presenting subtle earthy nuances. The Exhibitionist Merlot by Wild & Wilder is elegant and silky with a long finish.
The Barossa Valley is rightly famed for its red wine production. On the Southern reaches of the region, the climate has more similarities with the Adelaide Hills than the valley floor. Here, varieties such as Merlot thrive in the slightly cooler temperatures. Planted on rich red loams with quartz and ironstone nuggets dotted amongst the vines which lend a structure and minerality to the wines produced.
Awards:
2016 Vintage: Commended – Decanter World Wine Awards
2016 Vintage: Bronze – International Wine Challenge
2015 Vintage: Bronze – International Wine Challenge
2015 Vintage: Bronze – Decanter World Wine Awards
The Opportunist Shiraz wine by Wild & Wilder has a crimson red color. This Opportunist Shiraz wine has an aromatic bouquet of ripe fruits, cherries and blackcurrants, with notes of freshly ground coffee, dark chocolate, peppermint, liquorice and subtle pepper. This Australian Red Wine has rich silky palate with creamy black fruits and a little savoury smokiness from oak.
The fruit for the 2021 Opportunist Shiraz wine comes from three separate blocks of the same vineyard in the Langhorne Creek. Winemaking for this wine is simple with fermentation in tanks followed by eight months on oak to increase texture and varietal expression. It is aged in used French oak barrels for eight months.
Awards:
2015 Vintage: Commended – Decanter World Wine Awards
2016 Vintage: Bronze – International Wine Challenge
2015 Vintage: Bronze – International Wine Challenge
2015 Vintage: Commended – Decanter World Wine Awards
2010 Vintage: Commended – Decanter World Wine Awards
2010 Vintage: Bronze – International Wine Challenge
The Pugilist Cabernet Sauvignon wine by Wild & Wilder shows an array of perfumed characters such as violets, oregano & thyme, along with glacé cherry aromas. This Australian Red Wine is sweet ripe cherry fruit dominates the front palate which then develops into a more savoury wine, showing earthiness, toasted spices and lovely dried herb characters. The Pugilist Cabernet Sauvignon wine from Langhorne Creek has Medium-weight, translucent crimson colour.
This 2021 Pugilist Cabernet Sauvignon wine is sourced from two vineyard sites in Langhorne Creek, both of which are above the flood plain. Soils are of sandy loam with some iron rich red soils. Both vineyards are trellised and spur pruned to produce low yields which ensure balance and flavour. After fermentation in stainless steel tanks the wine spends 10 months in French oak barrels.
Awards:
2015 Vintage: Bronze – Decanter World Wine Awards
2016 Vintage: Silver – International Wine Challenge
2010 Vintage: Commended – International Wine Challenge
The 2020 Wild Ones Shiraz Cabernet wine by Wild & Wilder has a rich, well balanced example of this classic blend. This Wild Ones Shiraz Cabernet wine has a lush black fruits coupled with touches of woodspice, liquorice and cassis follow through to a delicious, velvety finish.
This Wild Ones Shiraz Cabernet Wine is consistently good from vintage to vintage. Parading out in all their glory, the Wild Ones are a sight to behold. The Wild Ones Shiraz Cabernet wine is elegant, refined and a just a little bit mischievous. Beautiful wines, larger than life characters all in one gregarious package.
The fruit for the Wild Ones is picked on the way up to ripeness rather than on the way down. This way we achieve freshness and energy but not at the expense of flavour. We retain as many whole berries as possible to increase vibrancy and succulence. Winemaking is simple and is followed by 8 months on oak to increase texture and varietal expression.
The 2021 Cunning Plan Shiraz has great depth of ripe plum and blackberry fruit flavours. A full bodied Shiraz wine with a succulent palate, lively spices and fine velvety tannins.
The beautiful region of McLaren Vale is bounded by the Gulf to the West and the various ranges to the East and North. Geologically one of the most diverse regions on earth, it has long been the home to some of Australia’s finest expressions of Shiraz. Our fruit comes from the Moray Park vineyard in the McLaren Flat sub-region. Low yielding and ultra-intense, we handle the fruit gently to capture the delicious berry fruit character, overlaid with subtle wood-spice.
Awards:
The Thistledown Gorgeous Grenache wine has a deep cherry red color. This Australian Red Wine is aromatic and lifted on the nose with a beautifully layered, textural palate with wild strawberry and spice. This Gorgeous Grenache wine is beautifully layered, textural palate with wild strawberry and spice. The Grenache wine is sourced from a number of old vineyards in the Riverland and McLaren Vale, some of which are dry grown bush vines.
The Grenache is Australia’s signature grape variety and we’re slightly obsessed with it. Utilising a range of premium vineyards across South Australia, we’ve crafted a wine that captures all that is good about Grenache. Aromatic, deceptively light but with beautiful wild fruit, and slurpy, supple tannins.
This 2021 Gorgeous Grenache wine is best paired with Beef, Mature and hard cheese.
The Silken Beastie Shiraz wine has a deep red color. This Australian Red Wine has a great depth and generosity are the hallmarks of this densely layered Barossa Shiraz. The wine has black fruits and berries, dense plums and black earthiness entwine delivering a comforting Shiraz. Licks of cedar adds interest as the oak runs deep. This Silken Beastie Shiraz wine is complex and concentrated yet pleasingly light on its feet.
This 2020 Silken Beastie Shiraz wine is best paired with Beef, Lamb, and Poultry.
Awards:
91 points – James Halliday Wine Companion
Silver Medal – Barossa Valley Wine Show 2019
93 points – The Wine Advocate
The 2020 Tinto Figuero Crianza wine has a great aromatic intensity with lots of freshness. The red fruit stands out in a wide range of spices such as vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper, rounded off by toffee and tobacco from the oak aging. Wide mouth opening with very good tannic structure prolonged by great acidity. The whole aromatic range perceived on the nose is found again on the palate.
The 2017 Tinto Figuero Noble wine has a deep cherry in colour with a fine garnet rim. This Tinto Figuero Noble is wonderfully intense and complex on the nose, with aromas of raspberry, currants and plum, as well as liquorice, black pepper and cinnamon. There is also something floral here, with balsamic and roasted coffee beans on the finish. The palate is powerful and dense with great tannic structure and brilliant acidity – the perfect combination for ageing. Elegant and balanced, this is an outstanding wine that will keep for many years to come.
Tinto Figuero was born from a thousand vines, which were received by José María García and Milagros Figuero in the year of their wedding, 1961. The Figuero philosophy is based on utmost respect and minimal intervention in the winemaking process. Therefore, nature is allowed to follow its course at every stage, accompanying the wines every step of the way. Winemakers Jean-François Hébrard and Óscar Rodríguez form an essential partnership to bring together the two philosophies of “know-how” and “laissez-faire” as Figuero’s way of understanding viticulture and oenology.
Food matches: Serve with steak, venison and other hearty dishes, as well as hard cheese.
The 2018 Tinto Figuero Reserve wine is a real classic. This Tinto Figuero Reserve wine beautifully embodies traditional Spanish winemaking with a modern twist. The complex bouquet is reminiscent of rose, blood orange, fig, cassis, Earl Grey, eucalyptus and gingerbread spice. It conquers the palate with intense fruit, fine-grained tannin and a long, complex finish.
Food Pairing: Goulash, boeuf bourguignon, Roasted lamb gigot, Bistecca fiorentina, T-Bone steak, Wild specialities, Spicy hard cheese
