CELLAR UP!

Wines To Shape Your Cellar

Cellar Up! will become a regular feature in the Cellar Offerings. Members are finding it to be a useful tool in choosing Opimian wines of different styles within the Offering. Whether you are a casual, everyday wine drinker or a seasoned, serious wine collector, every cellar can benefit from having a range of wines. Choose from this helpful list to expand the diversity of your wines. You never know – you just might find a new favourite.

Sparkling

Pairs with anything, celebrations, romance

ARISTEA MÉTHODE CAP CLASSIQUE BLANC BRUT, STELLENBOSCH, 2016, LOT 2273, P41

LIGHT WHITE

White/light fish, sipping on its own

SEASALTER SAUVIGNON BLANC · SEMILLON, DARLING HILLS, CRAFTED BY GROOTE POST, 2020, LOT 2256, P31

FULL BODY WHITE

Poultry, mild cheeses, pork

KERSHAW LOWER DUIVENHOKS RIVER CHARDONNAY, GPS SERIES, 2017, LOT 2279, P45

AROMATIC

Or Sweet White

Dessert, rich foods like foie gras

CINCIANO VIN SANTO DEL CHIANTI CLASSICO, DOC, 2011, LOT 2220, P11

Ros

Most appetizers, sipping on its own, the back deck

WARWICK THE FIRST LADY DRY ROSÉ, WESTERN CAPE, 2020, LOT 2281, P47

...AND FOR YOUR BAR

London Dry Gin

WINESTILLERY LONDON DRY GIN, CHIOCCIOLI ALTADONNA FAMILY ESTATE, LOT 2230, P55

LIGHT RED

Many pastas, pork, poultry, sipping on its own

UPPER HEMEL EN AARDE VALLEY PINOT NOIR, MAGNUM OPUS, 2018, LOT 2262, P34

MEDIUM RED

Versatile; many meats without heavy sauces, casseroles

CINCIANO CHIANTI CLASSICO, DOCG, 2019, LOT 2214, P9

FULL BODY RED

Heavy stews, many game meats, lamb, strong cheeses, even dessert

VILAFONTÉ SERIES M, PAARL, 2017, LOT 2286, P51

A flinty restrained wine at the time of tasting, it is tightly wound and Sancerrelike in style, opening in the glass to reveal delicate white peach aromas with lemon and lime citrus. It is linear with good depth and should become more expressive over the coming months. Produced from a blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon, the two varieties were harvested separately almost two weeks apart. Grapes were fermented and matured in 500-litre barrels for nine months, but it is the minerality of this wine that dominates stylistically.

2274 $ 92.00 $ 276.00

Flint, wet stone 6°C

Lemon, lime, racy acidity, [D] 13%

Mild-spiced Thai fish cakes

A complex, flavoursome and layered sparkling wine, Aristea MCC 2016 has intense aromas with ripe nectarines, pineapple yoghurt and lemon curd. It is smooth with more ripe fruits, toast and roasted almond flavours complemented by fine creamy mousse. Matt Krone’s family have been making Méthode Cap Classique wines for centuries and an innate accumulation of generations of know-how shine through in his wines.

Nectarines, lemon curd, pineapple yoghurt 6°C

Toasted almonds, white fruits, [D] 12%

Lemon curd pâte sablée tart