NOSE

Swirl the wine, anti clockwise or clockwise – it makes no difference – and lift the glass to your nose. Close your eyes and let your imagination run wild. What do you see in your minds eye as you sniff?
Write down what you smell. Make an association.


WHITE WINE
Simonsig Chenin has more exotic fruits. Open and exciting.
Simonsig Chenin Avec Chêne “Chenin with oak” has an intense ripe yellow apple and tropical fruit aromas with a subtle infusion of honeyed Botrytis and spicy oak
Simonsig Sauvignon Blanc is a much more complex wine. Aromas like cut grass, fig leaves, gooseberries, herbaceousness, tropical fruit can be found in this wine.
Simonsig Vin Fume – a lightly wooded SAUVIGNON BLANC. Pleasant sea smells emerge whetting the appetite for a juicy piece of fish.
Simonsig Chardonnay – A full bodied, complex wine.  Has a light smokiness with hints of limes well integrated with the wood from new, second and third fill oak barrels.
Simonsig Gewürztraminer – Rose petals, turkish delight, litchis and spiciness aromas abound in this interesting variety.

RED WINE

Simonsig Pinotage – Luscious ripe berry fruit aromas
Simonsig Shiraz – Mixed herb aromas, layers of white pepper, dried proteas
Simonsig Cabernet Sauvignon – Black currant and mixed spice aromas and wet oak leaves. Deep complexity.
Simonsig Tiara – A, BLEND Bordeaux style. Mainly Cabernet with Merlot. Aromas from both varieties well blended. Cassis, hints of dark cherries. Toasty wood vanilla and cinnamon.
Simonsig Frans Malan – A BLEND, Cape style.
Simonsig Redhill Pinotage - The nose invites you to a playground filled with black and raspberry fruit.  The wood component plays hide and seek leaving a mouth sensation filled with tantalising vanilla spice.
Merindol Syrah - Concentrated Syrah aromas of crushed peppercorns, dried proteas and fynbos combine with perfumed black berries on the nose.