This is a complex full-bodied wine with an intense dark ruby red color. The nose is a combination of prune, black cherries and dark chocolate flavors with quite a strong smell of meatiness. These flavors are all present on the palate which is robust yet smooth with juicy fruit tannins. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 9% Cab Franc, 6% Malbec.
Best of Show 2006 – Paris International Wine Challenge – Japan Gold Medal & Wine of Show Veritas 2006 – silver John Platter – 4.5 Stars Int. Wine & Spirit Comp ’06 – Silver
A fresh blackberry and currant fruit fragrance. Its color is ripe and dark with lots of sweet toast and spice notes with a full-bodied and fleshy finish that has a nice cocoa powder edge to it. This is a powerful and impressive blend of 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, 58%, Merlot, 25% Pinotage aged 16 months in 225 litre French Oak barrels. (60% new wood)
Gold Medal Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2004 John Platter 2005 - 4 Stars 89 Points Wine Spectator 90 points Robert Parker 17/20 David Brice, The Wine Cellar **** Grape Magazine Fairbairn Capital Trophy Wine Show 2005 - Bronze Michelangelo Awards 2005 - Silver Medal
Sushi, Fish curries, Seafood pastas, Salads, Lobster or Crayfish and any seafood with rich sauces.
2003 Michelangelo International Wine Awards - Silver Medal 2004 Veritas - Bronze Medal 2005 Swiss International Airline Award - Bronze Medal 2005 John Platter Guide - 4 Stars 2006 Platter Guide - 4 Stars
A deep intense color and complex and elegant aromas of black currants with hints of cedar and cigar box. This is a very rounded full-bodied wine in the Bordeaux style. It is layered with flavors of black currant and chocolate mocha with vanilla tones and spice. This wine is finely textured with velvet tannins and a long finish. This wine goes well with red meat dishes such as beef, lamb, saucy chicken, pasta or pizza. 59% Merlot 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Pinotage.
92 points Robert Parker 2006 92 points Wine Enthusiasts Magazine 2006 59% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Pinotage Fairbairn, Capital Wine Trophy – Silver Neil Pendock Top 10 – Wine Magazine Dec 2005 Silver Medal (88 Points) in the Fairbairn Capital Trophy Show 2005 Veritas 2005 - Bronze
A mosaic of flavors. It speaks of coffee, spearmint, dark chocolate and licorice with black and red berry fruits. The palate is smooth yet has structured tannins. The almond, mint, dark chocolate and licorice combines on the palate and are softened with a black chocolate and black currant experience. Amani has created a very versatile wine that will go well with all beef dishes and game. Wild fowl with berry fruits will be a truly delectable experience. I am 1 is the perfect wine for special occasions and elegant dinners!
Generous choc/mocha aromas and a seriously creamy concentrated mouth feel with prominent blackberries on the palate. Lots of ripe rich tannins and a long finish results in a powerful wine. 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc. This classic Bordeaux blend is named after a very special exotic long stemmed rose that has a deep ruby to royal red, velvety color and was named Baccarat because of its unique beauty and color.
2007 Decanter World Wine Awards – Commended **** John Platter 2008 **** John Platter 2007 **** John Platter 2006 Decanter World Wine Awards 2005 - Silver Veritas 2004 - Gold Fairbairn Capital Trophy Show 2005 - Silver Juliet Cullan Wine Connoisseur's Award 2005 - Silver
DDS Shiraz 2004 Is an equal partnership between Emil den Dulk, owner of De Toren Private Cellar (Fusion V), Stellenbosch, South Africa, and Mark Siddle, owner of Domain Bertagna a Grand Cru and Premier Cru Estate in Vougeot, Burgundy. Mark Siddle refers to this collaboration of French and South African wine friends ‘a unique partnership, a coming together of cultures and commitment…' The result: DDS - Den Dulk & Siddle Private Cellar.
International Wine and Spirits Challenge Silver Medal Decanter World Wine Awards Silver Medal
This wine has an inky red color. This is a medium bodied wine with fruit tannins well integrated with the wood flavor. The nose shows flavors of coffee and mocha with a touch of spice and cigar box.
Shimmering with black berry and cherry flavors, Hartenberg’s 2004 vintage is renowned for its full-bodied and complex richness. Soft and delicious, the king of red wine. cloaks the fine-grained tannin structure with shimmering berry fruit, crystallized violets, cedar spicing. Accessible, no hard edges, but the tannins are deeply veined, built for a 10+yr life.”