Testalonga Baby Bandito Follow Your Dreams 2024
R 195 PER BOTTLE

How often do you come across a 95-point red for R195? This Carignan from Testalonga offers outstanding value. Think sour cherry, dried herbs and savoury nuances with notes of negroni and bright fruit. ‘Enticing, layered and long,’ says Christian Eedes of Winemag.co.za. Keep it on hand to serve slightly chilled every evening.

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Trimbach Riesling 2022
R 360 per bottle

For 400 years, family-run Domaine Trimbach has been crafting ‘the single most admired dry Riesling made anywhere’, according to Jancis Robinson MW. The 2022 vintage in Alsace was warm and dry with light rains during summer, which resulted in concentrated wines with great freshness. Racy and youthful on the palate, this wine is great for mid-summer and serves as a brilliant pairing for white fish and shellfish.

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La Pointe Pomerol 2021
R 925 per bottle

Pomerol is known for some of the most sought-after wines in all of the fine wine world, with prices to match. La Pointe is a breath of fresh air at under R1 000 a bottle. The 2021 has a lovely nose of sweet cherry, mulberry and some dark fruits. That signature sweet spice element is noticeable and the palate is ‘endowed with fine tension’ (Neal Martin). Ideally the wine should see another 3-5 years in bottle, but the 2021 is already drinking beautifully. Chill and enjoy over a three-hour period to allow the wine to unfurl.

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Dehours Oeil de Perdrix Extra Brut Rosé NV
R 935 per bottle

This ‘stellar wine’ is ‘spellbinding in its beauty’ (Vinous). Dehours & Fils is currently run by third-generation vigneron Jérôme Dehours, who is praised as ‘one of the godfathers of Meunier’ by the Wine Advocate. This Champagne is 74% Meunier, 14% Chardonnay and 11% perpetual reserve, a combination that offers notes of orange peel, rose petal, rushed rock and white flowers. It’s pale pink in colour and so pure on the palate, with no dosage.

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Luigi Baudana Barolo Baudana 2019
R 1,395 per bottle

‘Absolutely captivating’, says Vinous, this Barolo is crafted from one of the finest sites in the region. Luigi Baudana is among the smallest estates in Barolo, with only 2.6 hectares. The intense care devoted to their vineyards and winemaking continues to produce wines of unmatched quality and beauty. ‘Silky and generous on the palate’ (Wine Advocate) with ‘terrific depth here and exceptional balance’ (Vinous), this is something to be cherished.

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Wine Cellar Insiders’ Case January 2025
R 1,335 per pack – Free Delivery

Cheers to January 2025! Our first addition to this month’s value pack is the Roodekrantz Somerkind Chenin Blanc 2023, which made the top 10 in Winemag’s Prescient Old Vine Report. From Bordeaux, we have the spicy, fruity Goudichaud Graves de Vayres Blanc 2020, while Moya Meaker’s W.O. Elgin Riesling 2023 is ‘cohesive and expressive of its varietal’ (Neal Martin). Testalonga Baby Bandito Stay Brave 2024 is a skin-macerated Chenin with ‘lovely fruit expression, bright acidity and a gently savoury finish’ (Christian Eedes), and Anselmo Mendes Tinto Pardusco 2022 is a scrumptious three-way, light red blend from Portugal. We finish off with Chapoutier Bila-Haut Rouge 2022 – 'classic Roussillon', says Jeb Dunnuck.

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