Swartland

Spice Route

Chakalaka Red Blend 2016

Deep purple in color with a short reddish rim.

Pretty nose with cedar, vanilla, wild flowers, chocolates, coffee and black pepper.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing black fruits with cedar, earth, herbs, black pepper, light vanilla, spices, dark chocolates and tobacco leaf.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.

This is a tasty red blend from South Africa. Soft and smooth with nice complexity. Nicely balanced with a soft mouthfeel.

Needed 4 hours to open up properly, so be patient.

A blend of 36% Mourvedre, 22% Shiraz, 13% Carignan, 11% Grenache, 9% tannant and 9% Petite Sirah.

14% alcohol by volume.

91 points.
— a month ago

Tom, Philip and 5 others liked this

Sadie Family

Treinspoor Swartland Tinta Barocca 2022

Interesting wine. Very sweet almost jammy sensation at first, reminding me of a Zinfandel, but it it set my palate to the point that it became more balanced with darker dryer undernotes. It was very balanced and focused. Good acidity and fine integrated tannins, so we kept drinking it and we’re actually sad when it was all gone. — 7 months ago

RoAnne de WeerdTammy de Weerd
with RoAnne and Tammy
Skip, Edo and 1 other liked this

A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines

Secateurs Swartland Chenin Blanc 2021

Honey'd pears and apples with crisp clarity and also some texture going down as the best deal in town forever and always... — 8 months ago

Adriana, Ira and 12 others liked this

Vincent et Tania Carême

Terre Brulee Swartland Chenin Blanc 2021

A bit sweeter than I expected, but a delightful honey finish. — 2 months ago

Sadie Family

Soldaat Grenache 2020

Diana loved, a compromise between big reds for Sean and Pinots for Diana, at San ysidro — 5 months ago

Mullineux Family Wines

Chenin Blanc Blend 2010

Honey! Honey comb! Well structured with fumes of apricot and blood oranges that connect so well with ceviche. So gooooood!! — 7 months ago

RoAnne de WeerdTammy de Weerd
with RoAnne and Tammy
Ira, Jan and 2 others liked this

A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines

Swartland Red Rhone Blend 2015

Vintage 2015 | chocolate, overripe plums, lots of bitters, excellent balance. One of the 101 wines to try before you die (Margaret Rand - lovely booklet) — 2 months ago

Bob, Paul and 7 others liked this

Mullineux Family Wines

Straw Wine Chenin Blanc 2017

Nectarine, stewed pineapple, white pepper with nice acidity — 6 months ago

A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines

The Curator Chenin Blanc Blend 2021

Perfect summer wine. Crisp and tasty — 8 months ago

Mullineux Family Wines

Mullineux Chenin Blanc Blend 2021

Driven by gorgeous extraction, texture and phenolics. Tasting blind I’d be clueless. It starts with an extremely intense nose of compressed green apple skins, compressed green pear, super concentrated yet super fresh phenolics. Palate shows off the supreme texture, so viscous but not lingering, gets taken over by a phenolic bite and a lingering acid-driven finish. What an outstanding effort! (I found out post-tasting that is has new oak, unsurprising but so we’ll integrated that I missed it) — 9 months ago