Ataraxia - 1 Magnum bottle of each Ataraxia Chardonnay 2020 & Pinot Noir 2018 (2 x 1.5L)
Ataraxia Chardonnay 2020:
This soil-driven black Chardonnay is unique in that it is made using an old, almost forgotten, traditional Burgundian method. It involves a rigorous, hyper-oxidation pump-over technique at the juice stage. This stabilizes the resulting wine allowing for the benefits that come from a greater ageing potential. Spontaneously fermented and aged for a further 11 months in French oak barrels, it is a wine with a New World provenance but an Old-World stylistic leaning. Athletic in structure, it effortlessly manages to be both subtle and intense. It is vibrant and spicy, with alluring creamy notes. An assertive mineral acidity beautifully balances a compelling intensity of fruit. There is a surprising touch of “grip” to the finish deftly rounded off with complex savoury, briny, and flinty notes. A stylish, world-class Chardonnay.

Ataraxia Pinot Noir 2018:
Grown from the King of Grapes, this wine is made using the traditional Burgundian cold-soak method, which entails leaving the crushed grapes to soak in its juice at low temperatures for an extended period of time. Thereafter, spontaneous fermentation was completed, followed by a gentle pressing directly to carefully selected French oak barrels. A further 10 months of ageing in these barrels occurred before this being bottled. The wine has an intriguing luminous hue that reflects rather than absorbs light. A seductive bouquet offers up a fine blend of aromas of red cherries, pomegranate, delicate forest floor and a hint of spice and new oak. On the palate the wine is sensual and embracing, with a captivating mid-palate depth, and excellent focus on a suavely tannic finish. A wine that seeks to ask questions of one’s palate, promising simultaneously to keep one company and to engage in mutual reflective conversation.

McFarlane Wines - Heritage Collection, Wine Tasting & Cellar Tour. The lot consists of the following 6 bottles of wine:
2 x 750ml Monday’s Child Chenin Blanc 2022
2 x 750ml Tuesday’s Child Cinsault 2022
2 x 750ml Saturday’s Child Pinotage 2022

Explore 3 of South Africa’s unique heritage varieties Chenin Blanc, Cinsault and Pinotage. These three varieties have all contributed to putting South Africa on the map and we are here to honour them them as unique, fine wines in their own right. The Monday’s Child Chenin Blanc is made to show purity of fruit, nuance and freshness. The Tuesday’s Child Cinsault is a bright, spicy red made to be served chilled, a "poor-man’s Pinot noir" if you will. The Saturday’s Child Pinotage is a feminine expression of a bold grape. We want to show you a complex and detailed side of Pinotage with incredible fruit concentration.

Wine Tasting & Cellar Tour with Winemaker Alexandra McFarlane:
Join us in the cellar situated in the Hemel en Aarde for an intimate tasting and cellar tour with the winemaker. We will take you on a tour of some of South Africa’s heritage varietals, discuss the unique growing regions where we buy grapes and share some anecdotes on McFarlane Wines’ journey into small batch winemaking. We will enjoy some Chenin Blanc, Cinsault, Pinotage and even some rare Crouchen Blanc and while enjoying snacks in a working cellar.