Wine Heroes

Dark Alchemy This is one of South Africa’s modern wine icons, a Syrah-led Swartland blend that combines cult status with genuine vineyard pedigree....

This is Swartland Syrah at its most serious, sculpted and electric. Blackberry, wild raspberry and red plum sit beneath incense, thyme, black peppe...

Elegance, Aged to Perfection in Magnum La Rioja Alta’s 2016 Gran Reserva 904 in magnum is Rioja with all the theatre of time, tradition and scale. ...

Wallcliffe Power Cape Mentelle’s 2021 Heritage Cabernet Sauvignon is Margaret River Cabernet with history in its bones and polish in every corner. ...

Regal Reserva  Some releases deserve a little ceremony. La Rioja Alta’s 2021 Viña Alberdi Reserva Selección Especial is no ordinary Alberdi: this i...

*En-Primeur offer, wines arrive November 2026* Limestone Pulse El Enemigo’s 2018 As Bravas Malbec is not just another grand Argentine red. It is a ...

Chalk Majesty This is Chablis royalty: one of the great Premier Cru bottlings from one of the most revered names in white Burgundy. La Forest has a...

Oyster Cut Vincent Dauvissat’s 2020 Chablis is a village wine in name, but not in spirit. This is classic Dauvissat: lemon pith, green apple, oyste...

Stone Power This is serious Wachau Grüner Veltliner from one of Austria’s most revered white-wine estates. From the great Loibenberg vineyard, it o...

The La Morra Crown This is Barolo with poise, depth and a beautifully measured sense of occasion.  It opens with red cherry, plum, rose, violet and...

Midnight Tailoring Deep, poised, and quietly commanding, this is Cabernet with all the detail and gravitas you hope for from Margaret River’s top t...

Margaret River Tailoring Perfumed, poised and quietly commanding, this is Cabernet with all the hallmarks of Margaret River, dark fruit, savoury de...

Midnight Silk Dark, aromatic and beautifully composed, this is Shiraz with real depth and a wonderfully calm sense of power. Black cherry, blueberr...

Velvet Spice Fragrant, supple and beautifully composed, this is Shiraz with a cooler, more refined rhythm than many expect. Red currant, plum and d...

Ocean Light Radiant, layered and profoundly poised, this is Chardonnay with both power and grace in equal measure. Fresh pear, white peach and ripe...

Margaret River Glow Bright, layered and beautifully composed, this is Chardonnay with that lovely Margaret River balance of generosity and restrain...

The Cape Velvet Half-Bottle This is The Chocolate Block in its most dangerously useful form: all the richness, spice and Cape swagger, just in a ha...

Chalk, Smoke, Silence Tense, luminous and utterly precise, Le Mont Damné is Sauvignon Blanc in its most chiselled form. The 2023 opens with citrus ...