£15.49
£20.65 per litre · incl. 20% VAT
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Sauvignon Blanc with a sense of humour. From Franschhoek's self-styled Rebels of the Vine, Black Elephant Vintners, this is the bottle you pour when the sun's out, the music's on, and nobody's keeping score. Bright, fruit-packed, and so easy to drink you'll wonder where it went.
Not for sale to persons under 18. Adult signature required on delivery.
We taste a lot of South African Sauvignon Blanc, and most of it plays it safe, clean, grassy, predictable. This one doesn't. There's a tropical exuberance and a creamy lees-driven texture that lifts it well above its price point, and the Black Elephant crew clearly had fun making it. We list it for the customer who buys wine to share rather than swirl: party hosts, garden lunchers, anyone tired of the same old Marlborough Sauvignon. At under £16 it's one of our easiest weeknight recommendations, and it tends to leave the shelves in pairs.
Pour this and you're greeted by an exuberant burst of white peach, passionfruit and litchi, with a wild herbal lift that hints at Cape fynbos. The palate doesn't hold back either, ripe melon, mango and guava roll across the tongue with a gentle creaminess from extended lees contact, giving the wine more weight than your average Sauvignon Blanc. A snap of gooseberry and bright minerality keeps the finish clean, lively and ready for the next sip.
White peach and ripe pear lead the nose, juicy and generous rather than lean, a Sauvignon Blanc that leans sunny, not green.
Passionfruit, litchi, mango and guava pile into the glass, giving the wine a heady, almost holiday-in-a-bottle character.
Extended lees contact rounds out the palate with a subtle creaminess, softening Sauvignon's usual sharp edges into something more supple.
A whisper of Cape fynbos herbs and crisp mineral lift on the finish keeps everything fresh, balanced and properly thirst-quenching.
Some wines want to be analysed. This one just wants to be poured. Black Elephant Vintners, the Franschhoek trio who call themselves Rebels of the Vine, built their reputation on wines that don't take themselves too seriously, and Two Dogs a Peacock and a Horse is their crowd-pleasing white in full technicolour.
The glass tells you everything you need to know: a pale, green-tinged shimmer, then a nose that practically jumps out at you, white peach, passionfruit, pear, lychee, and a whisper of fynbos for that unmistakable Cape character. On the palate it's lively and generous, with melon, mango, guava and gooseberry rolling into a creamy mid-palate from extended lees contact. The finish is bright, mineral, and dangerously moreish.
Franschhoek, Dutch for 'French corner', has been making wine since the Huguenots arrived in the late 1600s, and the valley's mountain-trapped breezes give whites like this their balance of ripeness and tension. This is the bottle for long Sunday lunches in the garden, the first proper barbecue of British summer, or a Friday night when the working week deserves a send-off. Equally happy alongside grilled prawns, a Thai green curry, or a wedge of goat's cheese.
Delivered across the UK, usually within a couple of days. A brilliant choice for someone who loves Sauvignon Blanc but wants something with a bit more personality than the usual New Zealand line-up.
This is a wine built for sunshine food. Think grilled prawns with garlic and lemon, a Thai green curry, or a goat's cheese and watermelon salad on a warm afternoon. The tropical fruit and creamy lees texture handle a touch of chilli beautifully, while the bright finish cuts through richer dishes like crab cakes or a wedge of mature Wensleydale.
Properly chilled but not icy. Two hours in the fridge, or twenty minutes in an ice bucket if you've forgotten.
No decanting needed. This is an aromatic, fruit-driven Sauvignon Blanc built for immediate pleasure, open, pour and drink while it's cold and fresh.
A tulip-shaped white wine glass concentrates the tropical aromatics without warming the wine too quickly in the hand.
This is a Sauvignon Blanc made for charm rather than austerity. Extended lees contact is the key decision here, the wine spends time resting on its spent yeast cells after fermentation, which softens the sharp edges and adds a creamy, almost textured weight to the mid-palate. The result is a Sauvignon Blanc that still carries the variety's lifted aromatics and bright acidity, but rounds out with a richness that makes it more forgiving, more generous, and a great deal easier to keep pouring.
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Black Elephant Vintners cheerfully describe themselves as Rebels of the Vine, and the name itself tells the story, Swart and Ndlovu translate as Black and Elephant, with Jacques the Vintner completing the trio. Kevin, Jacques and Raymond came together in Franschhoek to do things their own way: irreverent labels, music-led pairings, and a refusal to take the industry too seriously. The wines themselves, though, are made with proper care. There's craft behind the cheek, and the playful packaging hides genuinely thoughtful winemaking. Think of them as the producer who turns up to a black-tie dinner in a band t-shirt, and still pours the best glass of the night.
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