A medium-bodied wine with incredible texture & finesse of fruit. The bouquet is rich with black and red berry fruit as well as the delicious smoky and spicy notes so typical of Rhône-styled wines. Due to the fruit and the attractively low alcohol the wine has fantastic palate weight allied to drinkability. The lingering tannins show the class of the wine and are ripe and succulent. Drinking well now that’s certainly a wine that will repay careful cellaring. It will soften and gain in complexity for 4 to 5 years.

WHO: Adi Badenhorst of Badenhorst Family Wines

WHERE: A Boutique winery based in the Swartland wine region

MADE FROM: A blend of the red grapes Shiraz and Mourvedre and the white grape Viognier-all from the Stellenbosch region.

HOW: Hand-Picked grapes are crushed and fermented, and then matured for 14 months in old 500 L casks, which preserve the natural wine aromas and structure of the wine.

ALCOHOL: 12, 6%

WITH: Hearty meat dishes such as oxtail and casseroles from beef or venison.

HOW MUCH: R120

AVAILABLE AT SELECTED WOOLWORTHS STORES