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  2020 `Rocking Horse` Cape White Blend, Thorne & Daughters

  £2395

  This wine is Thorne & Daughters principal and most well-known wine and for good reason, as it’s delicious!  2020 is the first vintage in which Semillon has dominated the blend. On the nose, it reveals aromas of hay, yellow plum, kumquat, and bay leaf, with saline undertones. The palate is broad and supple with notes of glossy stone fruit and subtle gunflint, finishing with a clean line of acidity

  The grapes for the Rocking Horse were sourced from a number of very carefully selected growers around the Western Cape. The Roussanne and the Chardonnay come from younger trellised vines, with an average age of 14 years planted in Stellenbosch and Paardeberg mountain on a combination of clay and decomposed granite. Semillon Blanc from Franschhoek, Clairette Blanche from Stellenbosch and Chenin Blanc from Paardeberg add depth and textural complexity to this Cape white blend as they are sourced from old, low-yielding bush vines estimated to be approximately 40 years old.

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  2024 Goldmine White, Boekenhoutskloof

  £2450

  From the makers of the legendary Chocolate Block comes its luminous counterpart, the 2024 Goldmine White, a blend that captures the sunlit soul of South Africa’s vineyards. The nose is both fresh and intricate, offering layers of quince, poached pear, and nectarine, with undertones of bruised apple, chamomile and a whisper of baking spice. The palate glides between vibrancy and depth with ripe stone fruit and citrus framed by a poised structure of oak-aged Semillon, textured Swartland Chenin Blanc, bright Chardonnay and a delicate floral lift from Viognier. The finish is long, seamless, and quietly luxurious resulting in a white wine of poise, purpose and undeniable pedigree.

  For when: dinner feels special and the playlist’s just right.
  Pairs with: roast chicken with lemon and herbs, creamy shellfish pasta, or a sunset that turns everything gold.
  If this wine were a mood, it’d be late-afternoon light through linen curtains, warm, elegant, and unhurried.

  Boekenhoutskloof, founded in 1776 and reimagined under the visionary Marc Kent, is one of South Africa’s most acclaimed estates, a name synonymous with craft, consistency, and quiet brilliance. Based in Franschhoek but sourcing fruit from select sites across the Western Cape, Boekenhoutskloof has built its reputation on meticulous blending and an unwavering pursuit of balance.

  The Goldmine White continues that legacy: a masterful blend that reflects both the diversity of South African terroir and Boekenhoutskloof’s house philosophy, purity of fruit, elegance of form, and understated complexity. The 2024 vintage embodies the Cape at its most expressive: sun and sea breeze, richness and restraint, woven together into something genuinely golden.

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  2022 ‘Blanco de la Casa’, Matias Riccitelli

  £2495

  Complex aromas of green apple, hay and herbaceous notes are underpinned by remarkable minerality. Textured and full flavoured with wonderful fluency and rich energy on the finish.

  Each component of the blend comes from carefully selected, high altitude, cool climate sites which produce grapes with aromatic complexity and beautiful freshness. The Sauvignon Blanc vineyard is located in the premium viticultural region of Gualtallary, where the vines are planted in calcareous soils at 1,400 metres above sea level. The Semillon grapes come from a low-yielding 50-year-old vineyard in La Consulta, where the vines grow at 1,000 metres elevation in sandy soils and produce rich, concentrated wines. The Chardonnay component comes from La Carrera which is located at 1,700 metres above sea level in sandy soils which are supported by gravel and boulder.

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