2024 The Chocolate Block, Boekenhoutskloof, 375ml valentines making this a Chianti Classico

making this a Chianti Classico that feels both generous and precise

but it is not hard work

pumpkin ravioli with sage butter

Öküzgözü is naturally expressive

but still crisp

2024 The Chocolate Block, Boekenhoutskloof, 375ml valentines making this a Chianti ClassicoThe Cape Velvet Half Bottle This is The Chocolate Block in its most dangerously useful form: all the richness, spice and Cape swagger, just in a half bottle made for two glasses and a very good evening. The 2024 blend is Syrah led, with Grenache, Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon and a little Viognier, giving dark fruit, perfume, spice and that unmistakable cocoa edged charm. It opens with blackberry, black cherry, plum and bramble, then rolls into cracked