This tastes like a citrus grove has exploded on your palate, with mandarin zest, yuzu and pink grapefruit all partying together. There’s some stone fruit and hazelnuts along with a hint of honeyed richness and a salty mineral note. The texture is thick and weighty, but thanks to the lively acidity there’s focus too. Beautifully balanced, despite the power. Drinking Window 2024 – 2035.

A delicate wine that’s all about elegance rather than power. Notes of bergamot, white blossom and toasted hazelnut, with a note of pickled ginger on the long finish. Crisp and seamless. Drinking Window 2024 – 2035.

The fruit here is spiced red cherry and raspberry, with an unexpected twist of tamarillo. The subtle oak is already beginning to integrate well. Silky, supple tannins show some gentle grip. Drinking Window 2024 – 2032.

Textural and rich but surprisingly bright, with tangy acidity shot through a palate full of pineapple and tangerine fruit, tinged with a hint of vanilla oak on the long finish. Drinking Window 2025 – 2035

Drinking remarkably well, disproving the notion that these wines can’t age. There’s a salty twang that adds briskness to a palate of mandarins, spice and grilled pineapple, and a honeyed richness that adds gravitas to the long, tangy finish. Drinking really well now but seems capable of hanging around for a while yet. Drinking Window 2024 – 2030.

A punchy, focused wine that combines primary notes of pineapple and orange zest with opulent tertiary notes of sandalwood and a suggestion of orange blossom on the long finish, driven by vibrant acidity. Drinking Window 2024 – 2030.

Darker and denser than the other three Pinots in this line-up – damsons and dark cherries, with brighter notes of orange zest that lift the aromatics. Plush tannins, generous and weighty palate. Drinking Window 2025 – 2035.

There’s a fine balance of primary red berry and cherry fruit and more developed notes of salty red miso and autumn leaves on the nose and palate. Tannins are fine but still quite present and maybe a bit firm on the long finish. Drinking Window 2024 – 2028.

Concentrated raspberry and rosehip fruit with herbal undertones and plenty of savoury character and evidence of some earthy development. There’s enough focus to allow this wine to continue to develop for a few more years yet. Drinking Window 2024 – 2030.

Sleek and elegantly structured, this red offers pretty accents of raspberry, rose petal and orange peel that end on a note of dusky spices. Drink now through 2032. 6,885 cases made. From Oregon.—T.F. Sleek and elegantly structured, this red offers pretty accents of raspberry, rose petal and orange peel that end on a note of dusky spices. Drink now through 2032. 6,885 cases made. From Oregon.

Plusher textured & more touch more demurely flavoured 2023, from same Koelenhof old bushvines as expressive 2022 (93 pts). Baked apple & almond notes woven into creamy lees substrate. Similar wild ferment in older oak & ceramic vessels.

Similar smooth texture & savoury-salty nuance to succulent summer fruits in 2023, from same Swartland
site as last 2021 (93 pts). All lifted by fresh acid & some clean minerality. Fermented in a range of oak
barrels & amphora, aged 10 months.

Juicy red fruit & white pepper spice in vivacious 2023. Older oak, 9 months, provides integrated
backdrop, allowing fruit centre stage. Not weighty or intense, but loads of character, still youthful & vital,
lots of life ahead. One to watch.

From Banghoek home-farm, 2020 displays the most intensity, breadth & structure of the chardonnays,
even in riper year. Riveting freshness & zesty, lingering mandarin flavours to the fore, a perfect foil
for serious oaking, 50% new. More expressive in youth than 2019 (95 pts), as distinguished & age
worthy.

Classically styled, as ever, even more structured in fine 2021 vintage. Fruit from five W Cape sites,
barrel fermented/10 months (as Fijnbosch), 40% new, adding toasty enhancement to bright, tangy
citrus & ripe pear flavours, thrilling intensity & freshness. A youthful beauty that deserves cellaring

Mostly brought-in Stellenbosch fruit plus Fijnbosch grapes in 2022. Sleek, succulent, with gentle
greengage, melon & citrus notes. Layers of flavour, creamy lees & toasty nuances from intricate
vinification in array of vessels: oak barrel, 30% new, foudre & ceramic pot. All elements in harmony,
elegantly styled & already tempting but with greater rewards for the patient.

Rhubarb, fresh strawberries and strawberry leaf tickle the nose. On the palate, it delivers flavors of strawberries and cream, strawberry soda and subtle notes of rhubarb and raspberry seed. A sharp entry leads to a creamy, mouthwatering mid-palate, evolving into a long, satisfying ending.

A complex and handsomely oaked wine that's spicy and surprisingly light-bodied at 13% alcohol. Aromas of cookie dough, toasted oak and ginger meet luscious, layered macadamia nut and white peach flavors that show impressive depth and length. A long finish caps it off. Drink or hold.

So bright, ripe and full-bodied, an exuberant wine that's big but balanced. Vibrant red and black cherries, red currants, spearmint and ample baking spices on moderate tannins. It ages 16 months in one-third new French oak barrels. Drink now or hold.

An earthy, hazy, leesy wine with frothy bubbles, light raspberry and oatmeal flavors and good, apple-cider style acidity. It's medium-bodied, adventurous and edgy but clean and refreshing. Drink now.

Fantastic nose of rich cherry and earth. The palate is rich, layered, and phenomenal. Outstanding.

Heavy Bottle (606g; 21.3oz). Another gorgeous nose, but a bit more subtle and a little darker. A lovely palate with great fruit, and a balancing tartness, with a lasting finish.

Very Responsible Bottle (471; 16.6oz). A classic nose of ripe black cherry and a touch of earth, wonderful. The palate does not disappoint either. Rich, voluptuous, silky, smooth.

Ripe mandarin and grapefruit, banana and a honeyed oxidative note with an open, forward citrus nose of orange blossom and slightly forward fruit but bone dry underneath. It feels like it’s missing a middle. Heavily worked, but also pineappley and sweet/sour. Hmmm.

Blackberry and leather aromas with juicy black cherry and blueberry flavors with a dash of espresso.