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STEENBERG SAUVIGNON BLANC 2022
R150.00 VATWine Club price R127.50 p/b
Your same favourite wine with a fresh new look! We have released the new packaging of Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc featuring an elegant, contemporary aesthetic.
The 2022 Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc, pale-straw in colour with an ever so slight green hue, hypnotises with a seductive bouquet showing fresh cape gooseberry, nettle, lemon zest, granny smith apple pith, and white peach. This cool-climate Sauvignon Blanc has a sumptuous entry tied to an enduring length. The lifting acidity maintains a lively flavour on the palate with citrus blossom and quince while maintaining a distinctive mineral core derived from the Steenberg terroir. All the elements of this wine will enable it to bottle age well over the next 2-5 years.
Award pedigree: 2022 vintage: Platter’s Wine Guide: 4.5 stars | 2021 vintage: IWSC Silver, Platter’s Wine Guide: 4.5 stars | 2018 vintage: Decanter World Wine Awards Silver Medal | Tim Atkin South Africa Report: 90 points. 2017 vintage: Concours Mondial du Sauvignon – Gold
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STEENBERG RUBY ROSÉ 2022
R100.00 VATWine Club price R85.00 p/b
Your same favourite wine with a fresh new look! We have released the new packaging of Steenberg Ruby Rosé featuring an elegant, contemporary aesthetic.
This pale, coral pink dry rosé delivers subtle fragrances of strawberry sherbet, blueberry coulis, rose petal, watermelon and fresh garden herbs on the nose.
The wine shows off a fresh palate with notes of juicy summer melon, berries and spiced peaches. This wine is clean and bright yet shows great depth and lingers considerably on the palate.
The perfect drink for all happy occasions.
Award pedigree: 2017 vintage: Rosé Rocks: Double Gold | 2019 vintage: Rosé Rocks: Gold | 2020 vintage: Rosé Rocks: Gold
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STEENBERG MERLOT 2020
R210.00 VATWine Club price R178.50 p/b
Your same favourite wine with a fresh new look! We have released the new packaging of Steenberg Merlot featuring an elegant, contemporary aesthetic.
Our 2020 Merlot is a quintessential cool-climate expression of the cultivar: elegant with soft dark fruit and characteristic notes of plum, liquorice, and mulberry with a lively edge. The nose offers cedarwood and lavender, while the broody and deep palate reveals raspberry preserve, umami and spicy clove. The velvety texture is enhanced by a refreshing acidity, while well-integrated, fine tannins add structure and a dry finish luring you back to the glass. This medium to full-bodied wine will stand up to rich dishes with strong Mediterranean flavours, such as braised and roast meats, tomato-based stews, mature cheese, and briny olives. Will bottle age well for five to seven years after bottling.
Award pedigree: 2011 vintage: Veritas Double Gold | 2012 vintage: Winner: Young Winemaker of the Year | 2015 – 2018 vintage: Platter’s Wine Guide: 4 stars
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STEENBERG BARREL FERMENTED SAUVIGNON BLANC 2022
R140.00 VATWine Club price R140.00 p/b
MARCH PROMOTION: WAS R175. NOW R140.
Previously known as Rattlesnake Sauvignon Blanc.
Your same favourite wine with new name and a fresh new look! We have released the new packaging of Steenberg Barrel Fermented Sauvignon Blanc featuring an elegant, contemporary aesthetic.
Both terroir and treatment are immediately evident in the glass. A resonance of dill, capers, greengage, and wet granite marry on both the nose and palate. Acidity and spice form the backbone, dominating on the palate, while a pithy yet creamy texture rounds out the overall mouthfeel. The textured, juicy palate shows citrus zest, vanilla and apricot. A lingering herbaceous and mineral finish completes the experience. This wine will be enhanced by a food pairing such as shellfish, or a Thai curry accented by ginger and lemongrass. Drink now, but wait five to seven years for a truly evolved experience.
Award pedigree:
2017 vintage: Tim Atkin South Africa Report: 93 points
2018 vintage: Tim Atkin South Africa Report: 93 points
2019 vintage: Tim Atkin South Africa Report: 91 points | IWSC Silver
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STEENBERG CHARDONNAY 2021
R175.00 VATWine Club price R140.00 p/b
MARCH WINE CLUB PROMOTION. WAS R175. NOW R140.
Your same favourite wine with a fresh new look! We have released the new packaging of Steenberg Chardonnay (previously Steenberg Sphynx Chardonnay) featuring an elegant, contemporary aesthetic.
Our 2021 Chardonnay shows upfront and intense aromas of citrus marmalade, fresh Golden Delicious apple, butterscotch and shortbread on the nose. Subtle vanilla oak spice is carried through from the nose to the palate where it meets flavours of quince and candied apple. It is complemented by a bright, clean structure and long finish, which in turn is tempered by a lifting acidity and chalky minerality.
The wine is ready to enjoy now but will reward patience and age gracefully for the next 2- 5 years.
Award pedigree: 2018: Veritas – Gold
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STEENBERG FIVE LIVES RED BLEND 2020
R175.00 VATWine Club price R148.75 p/b
Brand new release!
62% MERLOT
22% CABERNET SAUVIGNON
16% MALBEC
The life of Catharina Ras, Steenberg’s remarkable founder, was one of adventure and zeal and can be imagined into a tale of FIVE chapters with each chapter offering Catharina a series of seemingly insurmountable challenges.
These FIVE chapters illustrate the FIVE LIVES of Catharina and how she was able to harness her courage, adapt and be resilient through each new challenge and each new life.
With Steenberg Five Lives Red Blend, we show admiration to Catharina’s life-long resilience and courage.
The FIVE chapters are narrated on a series of different back labels. Collect them all to discover the story.
Steenberg Five Lives expresses an intense dark red hue with a lighter, garnet red on the rim. The nose displays prominently with blackcurrant cassis and notes of fennel, prune and cinnamon. It is a medium to full-bodied wine, showing a silky texture and depth, as well as an elegant tannin structure. Flavours of smooth blackberry jam lead into star anise and ground spice. The mid palate has a juicy cherry compote fruit profile with the acidity tempering a slight richness. Merlot forms the backbone of this wine with clean, bright fruit which add subtle freshness. The Cabernet Sauvignon brings a formal, earnest profile to the blend and the Malbec rounds it all off with fruit weight. This wine is showing beautifully now and will reward cellaring for up to 5 years.
