{"product_id":"2025-secateurs-riviera-aa-badenhorst-family-wines","title":"2025 Secateurs Riviera, AA Badenhorst Family Wines","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"129\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"129\"\u003eSwartland sunshine with a little skin in the game.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"929\"\u003eThis is not your average easy-going white. Riviera is bright, textured and gloriously offbeat, a skin-contact blend that brings sunshine, spice and a little grip to the party. The 2025 opens with grapefruit, quince and warm spice, then shifts into something more savoury and intriguing, with hints of pomelo, olive skin and a gently herbal, sappy edge. The palate is broad but fresh, with that lovely pithy texture that comes from skin contact, balanced by a mouthwatering line of acidity and a fine, refreshing tannic grip. It feels Mediterranean in spirit, sun-drenched yet salty, with plenty of character and just enough wildness to make it utterly compelling. The 2025 blend includes \u003cstrong data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"890\"\u003e67% Chenin Blanc, 16% Grenache Blanc, 10% Roussanne and 7% Viognier\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1232\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"944\"\u003eFor when:\u003c\/strong\u003e lunch turns into dinner and no one minds in the slightest.\u003cbr data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1006\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1021\"\u003ePairs with:\u003c\/strong\u003e grilled prawns, saffron dishes, roast chicken, spiced vegetables, or salty snacks in serious quantity.\u003cbr data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1127\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1158\"\u003eIf this wine were a person:\u003c\/strong\u003e tanned, charming, faintly eccentric, and absolutely impossible to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1885\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA.A. Badenhorst has become one of the defining names of the Swartland, making wines that celebrate old vineyards, texture and a real sense of place. Riviera comes from a single old Chenin Blanc vineyard planted in 1972 beside a dry riverbed, where sandy decomposed granite soils help give the wine its lift and aromatic clarity. Picked when the fruit has reached full golden ripeness, then made with skin contact and gentle handling, it captures a more savoury, expressive side of Swartland white wine, distinctive, characterful and full of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wine Republic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55487058575745,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/0513\/9841\/files\/2025SecateursRiviera_AABadenhorstFamilyWines.png?v=1780417771","url":"https:\/\/www.wine-republic.co.uk\/products\/2025-secateurs-riviera-aa-badenhorst-family-wines","provider":"Wine Republic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}