Champagne Drappier & Wine Cellar at Ellerman House – 18 October
R 2,000 PER Person

We're teaming up with Ellerman House in Bantry Bay to bring you an unforgettable experience with Champagne Drappier. A family business since 1808, rich in history and still producing excellent vintages, Michel Drappier will share the unique heritage around their Champagne House. This exclusive tasting includes canapés and a 4-course menu. To book, contact manuel@ellerman.co.za.

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Santa Duc Gigondas Aux Lieux-Dits & Châteauneuf-du-Pape Habemus Papam
From R 620 PER BOTTLE

Domaine Santa Duc is one of the shining stars of Gigondas and has emerged as a standard-bearer of quality Grenache-based Southern Rhône blends. The latest releases embody the ‘muscle and richness with a degree of elegance and purity’ that have placed them on the map, says Robert Parker. The Santa Duc Gigondas Aux Lieux-Dits 2019 offers the density of Grenache complemented by a Pinot Noir-like elegance. Whilst their ‘stylish and silky’ (WS) Châteauneuf-du-Pape Habemus Papam 2019 boasts a beautiful balance of savoury spice, minerality, and robust red fruit. These are wines to seek out.

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October tasting line-up – CT and JHB
From R 650 per Person

Our October event calendar is not to be missed. Joburg, who is the king of the luxury game? You get to decide, so get ready to taste some of SA’s most expensive ultra-premium reds! In Cape Town, you can be the first to try the latest release of Mvemve Raats de Compostella. ‘One of the Cape’s most eminent wines’, says Neal Martin, we launch the 97-point 2020 vintage with another Long Table tasting. Bruwer Raats will guide us through a vertical from 2013, as well as a comparison tasting with international legend, Opus One.

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Mullineux Straw Wine 2021 375ml
R 540 PER bottle

Scoring 96 points from Neal Martin in his recent SA report, this ‘irresistible’ 100% Chenin Blanc straw wine is a must-have for date night and dinner parties, and makes a great gift too. A standard in many of our homes at Wine Cellar, it’s remarkably pure and precise with ‘honey, orange’ notes and ‘a beguiling pure and seductive finish’. It’s ‘yet another to add to the canon of fabulous straw wines from the Mullineuxs’, writes Neal.

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The Vineyard Party I'm Your Huckleberry 2019
R 220 PER bottle

Wine Cellar’s Jolette Steyn has just released her 2019 I’m Your Huckleberry Sémillon from her awesome solo project, The Vineyard Party. The 2019 has remarkable freshness and is ‘nicely focused’, writes Neal Martin, once again ‘showing off Sémillon in a beautiful way’, as Jamie Goode commented on the 2018 vintage. We’re thrilled to have a small allocation of this scarce release. But don’t delay – we’re down to our last few bottles.

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Easthope Two Terraces Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2020
R 590 PER bottle

Easthope Family Growers is an exciting, artisanal family-run winery in New Zealand’s oldest wine region – Hawkes Bay. Their terroir-driven Two Terraces Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2020 is inspired by the long-ageing wines of the Loire. It offers layers of stone fruit and yellow citrus zestiness, while mouth-watering acidity and minerality add restraint.

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