South Africa 2024 - Full List of Wines

It's hard to explain just how easy this is to drink. A blend of Shiraz, Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Mourvedre and Grenache, it's juicy, supple, and fresh with ease and joyfulness in the glass.

The 2021 Secateurs Chenin is the best example we've tried. Loads of fresh, crunchy apple fruit and a lovely lick of spice, with a hint of oatmeal make this an awful lot of wine for the price. And if you forget a few bottles in the back of the cellar, you might just be surprised.

From the vineyard next door to the cellar - Kelder in Afrikaans - this is a quintessential Paardeberg Chenin Blanc. Planted in 1974, the vines are now considerable in size, and this has orchard fruit and lots of spice.

The 2020 Raaigras is a beautiful Grenache, coming from just twelve long rows of the vineyard in front of the estate, planted in 1952, making it the oldest Grenache in the Cape. It’s delicate and floral on the nose, with a power and intensity that builds over the palate. There’s stunning freshness here, and a long and mineral finish. Beautifully done.

Planted in 1954, this old block of Cinsault gives an intense and refined expression of the grape. There’s real energy here, and there’s also notes of fynbos, negroni, and very fine but almost Nebbiolo-like tannins.

The style that Andre has made his own, this is an ageworthy white, with lots of bright yellow fruit, a savoury character to the palate, and also lots of energy. This is surely a match for Andre's old baby, the GVB from Vergelegen.

A Chenin that would make many German GG producers blush. Electric on the palate, this is pure, crystalline and saline. Primarily a mineral wine, there are notes of white peach, pear and stone fruit with white flowers and verbena. This is a wonderful effort from Sebastien Beaumont in the Bot River.

A single vineyard Chardonnay from Stellenbosch taken on in 2022 making this the second vintage for Pieter. The wine sees 40% untoasted new oak giving a faint acacia and vanilla pod note with fresh stone fruit. The vineyard faces into False Bay accounting for the real purity and salinity on the finish.

A Cinsault Shiraz blend with the Cinsault sourced from a 72 year old vineyard in Darling. This is supple and vibrant showing fresh summer berries, cola and crushed violets. Some wild herbs, fresh earth, and a little white pepper spice on the finish which is wonderfully long.

From Somerset West, with 60% Cabernet Franc this year. This is utter class, not overdone in the slightest with aromas of white pepper, violets, fresh strawberry and cherry. Grilled herbs and cocoa dust linger on this detailed, finessed Bordeaux blend.

12 different varieties in the blend but Verdelho and Clairette Blanc based. This offers floral notes of white flowers, jasmine and white tea. Very delicate and finessed, the palate delivers fresh stone fruit, white peach, and little white grapefruit. Very pure and saline on the finish.

Saline, long, and with a mouthwatering texture, Boekenhoutskloof’s Semillon stands out as one of South Africa’s highly lauded white wines. It’s sourced from three different old vine vineyards, planted in 1902, 1936, and 1942. This has lots of orange blossom on the nose, with plenty of drive. And on the palate, the wine displays a touch of smokiness, and plenty of complexity and spice. The 2021 vintage is not to be missed.

The 2021 Syrah is a brilliant iteration of this legendary wine from Boekenhoutskloof. This outstanding vintage has resulted in a wine that has delicacy and focus, but also incredible structure. Notes of violet and dark fruit, and lots of energy on the finish. Spectacular.

Quickly gaining cult status, this is a spicy, peppery, elegant style of Syrah with an almost ethereal lift. Focus and supple on the palate with notes of wild herbs, iris, blood orange, and black cherry it offers just a little ferrous twist on the finish. Extremely fine.

Hard to resist when a wine tastes this good at this price, the Kottabos Chenin offers white flowers, notes of apricot skin, white grapefruit with a crystalline focus. Subtle notes of green mango and a hint of beeswax here with a delicious texture and salinity on the finish.

A blend of 73% Grenache that was whole bunch fermented and 27% of Syrah that was destemmed. This is a highly perfumed red with notes of violets, wild herbs, blood orange and black cherry. This is dangerously easy to enjoy.

Chris Alheit’s ‘younger vine’ Chenin but also incorporating some old vine fruit from the Paardeberg and Tygerberg this is a stunner in the 2023 vintage. A vibrant line of acidity running through, with golden stone fruit, hints of beeswax and acacia. A hint of white sesame with a little white grapefruit and ocean spray on the finish.

A blend of parcels of younger vines, from the Swartland's Malmesbury Hills and the Paardeberg, as well as sites throughout Stellenbosch. 2022's selection also meant that some serious old vine fruit made it into the blend, making it even better than usual. Complex yet approachable, this is the best example yet.

This comes from a vineyard that's from incredibly close to the sea: the old Bredell farm, that's the source of many of the Scions of Sinai wines, among others. This is just so joyful and fresh, with a real sense of purity and energy on the palate. Beautifully balanced, and very long indeed.

From a vineyard planted in 1984, only 999 bottles were made this year. It is wonderfully pure, opening out on the mid-palate with notes of orange blossom, bitter melon, and apricot. Very fluid and saline on the finish.

From a vineyard planted in 1968 this is more flinty, spicy and driven in style. Offering notes of white grapefruit, verbena, with real tension at its core this is a beautifully chiselled Chenin.

Old vine project certified, this Chenin is sourced from 8 vineyards planted between 1968 to 1986. It is crystalline and focused with a pulse of energy running through the wine. White flowers, white grapefruit, and subtle notes of verbena, the finish is refreshing and very saline.

This is a brilliant Chenin-based blend but including varieties such as Verdelho, Clairette Blanche, and Colombard it is a racy, and focused wine with notes of white flowers, lemongrass and white tea. The palate is saline and zippy with notes of white grapefruit, lemon essence, and hints of stone fruits.

At the moment the most reserved of the range, it also holds the most promise. Planted in 1981 on the Paardebosch farm the soils are primarily decomposed granite. Leading with notes of pear, white peach, and white flowers, there is also hints of ginger, lemongrass and chalk dust. Very crystalline and tense right now, this will age gracefully.

An intense, bold style of Chenin this offers real intensity of apricot and stone fruits on the palate, notes of salted almonds, acacia and peach skin. The soils is very shallow shale soils in the Paardeberg, which gives the wine a real mineral focus.

From the cool climate area of Elim, this Pinot Noir is planted on a mixed of Bokkeveld slate, koffieklip and gravel soils. It offers a seductive nose of wild strawberries, cranberries, parma ham, black olives and a bruised rosemary herbal note. Wonderful finesse here.

Perhaps Ghost Corner’s most distinctive wine, the wild ferment Sauvignon is captivating on the nose with lemon curd and grapefruit marmalade taking centre stage. The palate is forthcoming with a kaleidoscope of flavours including crème brûlée, slight honeyed notes and a lime blossom freshness.

An explosive nose of asparagus and pink grapefruit citrus with some dusty fig leaf and blackcurrant aromas creates anticipation of what is to follow. The palate does not disappoint – a delicious carry through of the expressive nose creates a broad, flavour-intensive palate, ending with a lemon zest mouthwatering finish. The influence of the Cape Agulhas terroir is apparent in the saline aftertaste.

From the Laing's farm on the Skurfberg, this is a remarkable old vine Chenin Blanc vineyard. There's notes of orange blossom and rind, and an almost negroni-like perfume. So complex, piercing, and delicious, it's no wonder that the wines from the Skurfberg are so sought-after.

Just an incredibly delicious Merlot from Ginny's Stellenbosch estate, this is plummy, juicy, and fine-boned, with a lovely thread of acidity. One to pop and pour.

A seductive Pinot with delicious red cherry and pink peppercorn on the nose. Hints of cocoa and wild herbs mingle with the red fruit core, and tannins are fine grained and refined. A refreshing violet tinged finish.

From the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, this is beautiful, lifted style of Pinot with impressive freshness and intensity. Opening with a little spice and grilled herbs on the nose there is a core of dark berry fruit, and fine-grained tannins that linger, it's a very classy Pinot Noir.

From Kaaimansgat, from the same vineyard as Peter-Allan Finlayson's Malabel, this is a cool climate Pinot Noir that dazzles with its freshness and purity. Jessica has to battle the baboons here for the grapes, but it's well worth it: this is floral, delicate, and very long. The palate offers fresh red berries, cherry blossom and a little pepper on the finish.

Abrie Besselaar is a true master of Pinotage, and the Kanonkop Estate Pinotage in 2021 is simply brilliant. It offers bright cherry fruit, plum with notes of wild thyme, a little cocoa and a supple, fine-grained tannin. This wine will age gracefully, offering super fine aromatics, that become more and more Pinot like.

While Paul Sauer gets the plaudits, this is a brilliant value red from Kanonkop. In 2018 it's intense and refined, with notes of cassis and dark cherry, and also lots of grippy tannins and store cupboard spice. A benchmark Cabernet from the Cape.

The most iconic Pinotage from the Cape is Kanonkop’s Black Label. From a vineyard planted in 1953, the finest site on Kanonkop’s estate in their eyes, just 6,500 bottles are produced of this wine. Laden with delicious oak spice, it’s powerful and intense, but yet so poised and effortless. Morello cherry, dark chocolate, coffee beans, wild herbs, with fresh violets the spectrum of flavours is immense. A unique wine: this needs to be tasted to be believed.

This has more intensity and up front fruit than the 2017 at the same stage. There’s really crunchy berries here, notes of pepper spice, and then also a lot of fynbos and spicy complexity. Such a brilliant Syrah for the price.

The Estate Sauvignon Blanc is intensely perfumed with notes of white grapefruit, fresh pea shoots and green mango. There is racy acidity and crystalline purity here with delicate citrus notes on the finish.

Another Vin de Constance that is impossible to resist as soon as you nose it - aromatic fireworks of apricot and honey draw you into the glass. On the palate there is unrestrained generosity with an orange and ginger intensity, but just as the sweetness crescendoes a herbal, savoury edge rides in on the crisp line of acidity to keep it all in check. It’s hard not to be flowery about such a magnificent wine.

Quite simply a brilliant Cabernet from Christo Le Riche, following marvellously from the 2020. More tightly wound than the 2020, this has superb direction on the palate, a sense of drive and focus. Ripe, supple cassis fruit, cocoa and sandalwood with a little pepper and wild herb spice. The palate shows the compact, fine grained tannin structure that means this will be a superbly long-lived Cabernet. Excellent.

Using 50% whole bunch fruit, this is a spicy, finessed style of Syrah from the shale slopes of Samantha O’Keefe’s Greyton vineyards. Linear on the palate, there are flavours of hedgerow fruit, wild cherry and wild thyme. The tannins are fine grained, with a powdery texture and the finish is brilliantly pure with a peppery lift.

A blend of Shiraz, Cinsault, and Grenache, this is a wine that gets better and better with every year that goes past. So much pretty fruit, with tension and lots of savoury notes. There’s a purity to the finish, and lots of mineral savouriness that shines through. Gorgeous.

A blend of 52% Chenin Blanc from a 61 year old vineyard in Piekenierskloof planted on its own rootstocks, alongside 27% Verdelho and 13% Colombard. This is very saline and fresh, and there’s lots of pithy fruit, too. Delicious.

From a single vineyard planted in 1977 on the decomposed sandstone of the Piekenierskloof, this is a brilliant Chenin Blanc. There's a luminosity here, and also a real freshness. But don't let the subtlety fool you: this is a serious wine, with a lot of potential in it.

Named in honour of Franco's daughter, Lua, this is a delicate, perfumed, almost Pinot-like Grenache from the Piekenierskloof. Tiny quantities are made, and its rightly soughtafter. Notes of pomegranate and wild strawberries, and also lots of spice on the finish. Just so pretty, long, and refined.

61% of this comes from the Paaderberg, with the rest from the Polkadraai. And that gives this wine a brilliant balance of Stellenbosch yellow fruit, and Swartland savouriness. It’s full of energy: a benchmark Chenin Blanc from the Cape.

A wine that Lukas dreamt up when he spent 8 days in hospital with Covid. From the Swartland, this has 9% Grenache, 3% Cinsault, with the balance made up of Syrah planted on Schist. Generous and velvety, but still with finesse, it’s utterly delicious.

In 2022, Lukas sees this as his blue-eyed boy. 45% is aged in concrete to maintain purity, and this is a wine all about subtlety and balance, with wonderfully refined tannins and a core of pure fruit on the palate. Wonderful stuff.

A blend of 70% fruit from Lammershoek on the Paardeberg, planted in 1966, with a 1980-planted vineyard also on the Paadeberg. This is savoury and saline, and there’s lots of fynbos and confit lemon character. Long, savoury, and so vibrant.

From the Rustenhof farm, with the closest Cinsault vines to the ocean, this is stunning. Bright and juicy, 40% stems brings a lift and a herbal complexity. There’s purity and aromatic complexity, yet it remains so lively and fun. Delicious.

A blend of fruit from three sources: 63% Elgin, 30% Polkadraai Hills, 7% Cape Agulhas. The Elgin fruit is largely destemmed, Cape Agulhus using two third whole bunch and the Stellenbosch fruit fermented fully as whole bunches. The resulting wine is fragrant and fresh, notes of juniper and white pepper with fine red and black hedgerow fruit. The tannins are fine-grained and supple with an enticing briny finish.

A true cool-climate Syrah coming from one of South Africa’s coolest growing regions. The wine has notes of wild herbs, woodland fruit, with pepper and liquorice root. There is freshness and focus here with a wonderful grip of tannins creating tension through the mid-palate. The finish is very long with notes of kelp and tapenade.

Sourced from three cool climate, low-altitude Syrah parcels (50m-80m above sea level), just 8km from the blustery Agulhas coast this vintage sees around 35% whole clusters. This is a saline, briary style of Syrah which shows so much freshness and energy. Peppery notes of juniper, dried sage, and iris mingle with the red and black cherry fruit with a saline, iodine edged finish.

A true classic, this is a spicy Syrah with notes of violets, iris, bramble fruit. There is a seamless feel to the fruit coating the detailed, and sinewy tannin ending with a beautiful peppery lift.

As always, a truly benchmark Stellenbosch Cabernet giving note of coffee bean, cocoa nib and blue and black berry fruit. The tannins are sinewy but coated in ripe plum fruit with accents of wild herbs and violets on the finish.

A Chenin based blend from the Swartland with the addition of Clairette Blanche, Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Semillon Gris and Verdelho. It shows upfront aromas of fresh stone fruit and lightly poached pears which follow through to a complex palate which has layers of yellow grapefruit and nectarines, a vibrant acidity with hints of ginger and lemongrass on the finish.

A classic schist Syrah that is not dissimilar to the best of Côte Rôtie. The aromas show hints of bergamot orange, fresh iris and violets and nutmeg spice. The palate is so harmonious and seamless with finely etched tannins clothed in vibrant hedgerow fruit. A stunner this vintage.

From Jakkalsfontein farm, this Syrah offers a delicate floral nose of violets, juniper, cherry blossom. This follow through with red berry compote on the palate and a stony minerality on the finish.

Always the more dense of the three single vineyard Syrahs, the wine brims with flavours of dark plum, wild blueberry and hints of tomato leaf and charcuterie. Supple, chalky tannins add structure, and the finish is extremely long and detailed.

Coming from the Mullineux’s own vineyard on the Paardeberg, the vines yield small, intense berries which bring real intensity to the wine. Highlighted by fresh quince, white peach and hints of lime, the nose of this Chenin Blanc is difficult to resist, and it follows through with a firm chalky texture and a lively, focused finish.

From the Eikerlan vineyard on the Paardeberg, one of the highest altitude spots here, this is a Chenin with spiced notes of ginger, fennel seed, and fresh white peach and white grapefruit. A gentle bitter lemon note adds intrigue with a breath of sea air on the finish.

This parcel, situated on the rolling hills outside of Malmesbury with Koffieklip soils enjoys cool nights and mild days during the growing season. Notable yellow orchard summer fruits, fresh orange peel and a slight flintiness welcome one on the nose, with a multi-layered palate and slightly saline finish that round off this beautifully textural wine.

From a historic parcel of dry farmed bush vine Cinsault planted in 1900 in the deep sandy alluvial soils in Wellington. This is South Africa’s oldest registered red wine vineyard. The wine has a deep perfume of freshly cut roses with a hint of thyme and pomegranate. Silky in texture, this delivers fine red berries and a hint of liquorice root.

The 2023 Family Vineyards Chardonnay is sourced from three vineyard sites from the farm, two north facing, and one south facing. This is a detailed, chiselled and impeccable balanced Chardonnay with subtle notes of butterscotch, acacia, and a very fine saline finish.

A subtle, delicately spiced wine using 20% whole clusters this year. It offers notes of grilled herbs, fresh red cherries and red flowers with a little black pepper and nutmeg spice on the finish.

Always brilliant value for money the Southend Chardonnay delivers mouthwatering freshness, with immediate charm. Flavours of ripe orchard fruit, a little apricot blossom, and subtle pastry notes give way to a beautifully focused, zesty finish.

From a 2.5 hectare vineyard at the top of the slope, Windansea has a majestic view to the sea. The shallow dense clay of the soil always lends the wine more density. The 2023 is elegant and more filigree than the previous vintage with notes of red and black cherry, grilled herbs and a little savoury spice. The palate is bright and sappy with floral notes of violet and cherry blossom mingling with a little pepper spice on the finish.

Due to the vintage being warmer and drier, more stems were used in 2022. This has a lot of tension, which is balanced with ripe yet perfectly fresh fruit, and a lot of mid palate weight. This remains a benchmark for the Hemel-en-Aarde.

Very fine and pithy. Really nice fruit definition, that is fresh and juicy - and there’s also lots of cool fruit. Nicely balanced. There’s a very bright energy and good depth and density here. Good value.

A lavish wine with dense fruit, soft spice and violets. The lush black and red fruits merge to a savoury core, strewn with mineral characters and freshly turned earth. The firm framework and granular tannins are rooted in the clay soil, lengthened by fine, sinewy tannins in the finish.

The 2023 Steen is a brilliant old vine Chenin produced from a 0.6ha block planted in 1984, at 800m elevation. Tightly coiled, this races out of the glass with energy and vibrancy. This will age beautifully – not one to miss this year.

The 2021 Bosberaad comes from a single parcel on the Paardeberg, planted in 1980. The nose has quince and fresh conference pears, as well as a citrus element, while the palate is arrow straight with incredible texture. This is an outstanding Chenin Blanc: a wine from one of South Africa's best winemakers, that shouldn't be missed.