SA Wine Guide 2025

Italian Reds Purple Hands Wines After Five Wine Co Aglianico 2022

Red fruit crunchy, lovely leafy complexity and herbaceous notes to support the fruit and framework. Spice and bramble. Structural, savoury with good energy and drive. A lovely varietal wine. PAULMARA ESTATES DeNero Nero d’Avola 2023 Savoury/ herbal nose - confectionary/ licorice root palate. Fennel spice. Hastwell & Lightfoot Barbera 2024 Youthful ruby/ purples - vibrant. Pretty lifted/ perfume - clean aromatics. Palate vibrancy - balanced. Cherry tart flavoured acidity. Anvers Barbera 2022 Bramble fruits and tart cherry on palate. Subtle, elegant structure. Understated. PAULMARA ESTATES Cellar Reserve Sangiovese 2021 Deep crimson. Ripe red licorice and earth. Drying tannins. Chewy texture. Varietal and good length of flavour. Matriarch & Rogue Jim Single Vineyard Montepulciano 2022 Deep ruby. Blue fruits and earthiness on palate. Blueberry pie palate. Beautiful weight and tannins. Medium length. Lino Ramble MARCO POLO Sangiovese 2022 Nice savoury elegance, good drive. Purple Hands Wines After Five Wine Co Montepulciano 2022 Deep ruby, youthful. Delicious wine - balanced, red fruits, rose petal and tar. Medium length. Artwine The Doghouse Sangiovese 2023 Pretty delicate nose and palate. Light and approachable. XO Wine Co Small Batch Barbera 2023 Fresh alpine herb notes, acidity sits above.

Bruno & George Eden Valley Montepulciano 2022 Crimson. Cherry and gamey. Strawberry palate. Shut The Gate Wines For Freedom Single Site Barbera 2022 Minty. Good freshness and drive.

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