From the Val de Vie wine estate in the heart of the cape winelands, where wine production dates back to 1825. This is a deliberately modern offering by winemaker Bertus Fourie, who has concentrated on drawing out the coffee-like aromas of South Africa's signature grape. Intense on the nose, with a bouquet of coffee, chocolate and cherry, with meaty, savoury hints. The tannins are ripe, perfectly suiting the round and mouth-filling plum and mulberry fruit. Drink on its own or with red meat dishes. Bertus' recommends a blue-cheese-filled brandy snap with chocolate and roasted coffee beans!

Grown on the warmer soils of the farm and picked at optimum ripeness, this estate wine displays fruity berry flavours. Juicy tannins are evident on the palate with a good balance between fruit and wood. The wine is rounded off nicely with a subtle sweetness and a lovely silky finish.

Pungent aromas of raspberry and red plums are tempered by the deft use of French oak. The palate is redolent with succulent, sweet fruit aromas and finely coated in ripe mouth filling tannins. Smokey and savoury oak characters provide a subtle background to this complex and well balanced wine.

These sun drenched are perfect for ripening the spicy and juicy Shiraz grape. Notes of black pepper and cinnamon are evident before tumbling into a complex blueberry and Pomegranate infusion. Light hints of toasty oak add a pleasant creamy texture to a smooth raisin and Christmas cake finish.

This estate is internationally acclaimed for making one of the finest port style red muscadels in South Africa. Many of the bush vines are over 80 years old and yield tiny but intensely flavoured berries. Full of raisiny fruit flavours, a rose petal sweetness and strong enticing fragrance. A decent whack of grape alcohol gives a lovely balance to this intensely sweet and aromatic wine.

Named after a track in the mountains above the small town of Wolsey, Robertson, leading to the beautiful Ceres Valley, this red leads the charge for South African Malbec. The great Bordeaux variety and Southern French stalwart has undergone a renaissance in recent years in Argentina; now wines showing what it can do in South Africa are beginning to reach us - and this is a stunning testament to its future in this country. A gutsy, full-bodied wine full of ripe red and black fruit, with toasty vanilla notes and amazing complexity for its price, this is a wine to really savour.

This youthful and expressive wine comes from young vines in De Morgenzon's own estate, grown on its weathered granite soils. Hand-picked, the grapes are then fermented in stainless steel, before transfer to French oak barrels for 11 months' maturation. An abundance of bright and youthful plum and berry fruit is the main feature, surrounded by touches of violet, cinnamon and vanilla. Rounded and supple in texture. Drinking well now, or over the next 5-6 years. Great with pasta in a traditional marinara sauce.

This wine is so named because it is made in the 'passito' method, where the harvested grapes are laid out on straw mats and allowed to dry for around 4 weeks, concentrating the sugars. They are then pressed for 4-5 hours and racked to barrel for fermentation. Concentrated aromas of honey, marmalade and ripe peach. Intensely sweet yet vibrantly fruity and involvingly complex. A voluptuously textured palate with plenty of length. Partner with tarte tatin or a fruity sponge pudding.

This wine was named in honour of one of the estate's former owners, Reg Merriman Nicholson, who lived and worked as winemaker at Rustenberg for 30 years. Small batches of each variety are vinified separately, blended, then aged in oak for 7 months for good integration. Blackcurrant aroma complemented by notes of dried herbs and black pepper. The palate is fleshy and firmly structured, with weighty red fruit flavours and bold tannins. Correctly cellared, this wine will continue to improve, and keep for 8-10 years.