PHOTOGRAPHSADIQAH ASSUR-ISMAILPRODUCTIONHANNAH LEWRY(^1) DMZ Chenin
Blanc 2017
Perfect for: Celebrating
January’s pay day
It’s been a long, lean month.
So when your phone pings
to announce your first salary
of 2019 has landed, you’ll
want to celebrate with an
exciting wine. This one from
De Morgenzon has a vibrancy
that exhilarates the nose
and the palate – lightly floral
flavours of yellow apple,
honeydew melon and apricot,
with a complex, supple body
that balances luscious fruit
and crisp acidity.
(^2) Ken Forrester
Grenache 2016
Perfectfor:Laid-back
Sunday nights
Get into the right headspace
for the week with a bottle
that’s bright and uplifting, as
well as pleasing and delicious.
The Ken Forrester Grenache
inspires with its inviting fruit-
filled bouquet of strawberries,
raspberries and pomegranates
- sprightly and succulent with
a mouthwatering freshness.
(^3) Neil Ellis No
Sulphur Added
Sauvignon Blanc
Perfect for: Weekend
picnics
Whether you’ve gathered
with friends around tables
laden with alfresco fare or
are romantically àdeuxwith
your checked blanket and
wicker basket, always include
mulberry, a hint of mint and an
enticing spiciness. A laid-back
mouthful to inspire you.
(^5) Villiera Brut Rosé
Non-Vintage MCC
Perfect for: Popping
on Valentine’s Day
Two essential prerequisites
for a potion to sweep your
Valentine off their feet: it must
be bubbly and it must be pink.
This MCC is a seductive salmon
pink with a frothing mousse,
enticing strawberry and
raspberryflavours,abeguiling
light spiciness, and a final
explosion of cascading bubbles.
a wine like this: uplifting as
a summer breeze, with wafts
of gooseberry and fynbos,
and the juiciness of melon,
granadilla and white peach.
(^4) Villiera
Merlot 2015
Perfect for: The last day
of your summer holiday
When you’re thinking back
on good times shared, and
also looking ahead to what
the year holds, you need
abottletosuityourmood.
This wine is velvety soft,
rounded and smooth. There’s
ripe fruit with blackcurrant and
(^6) Spier Chardonnay
Pinot Noir 2018
Perfect for: Long brunches
You’ve worked hard to
prepare a variety of dishes
for your guests – fresh fillets
of fish, bubbling sausages
and creamy scrambled eggs –
so you’ll want a versatile wine
to match. This one has apple,
lemon and a zingy lift from
the Chardonnay, while the
Pinot Noir adds richer, darker
red fruit, with body and
texture. Perfect for dishes
ranging from light to rich.
50 TASTE JAN/FEB 2019
TABLE TALK
The Taste case
In his new series, Allan Mullins curates a case of six wines that’ll ease you out
of the holidays and back to reality (with the promise of a cork to pop on 14 Feb)
Cape Wine
Master Allan
Mullins has
selected wines
for Woolies for
almost 30 years.
Buy these handpicked wines in
stores or at woolworths.co.za.