The VIP Vintage (AED599 - 27% lower than retail prices) is an elevated selection featuring wines from some of the world’s best-known regions.
This month, enjoy four whites - two from France (Serge Dagueneau Pouilly Fume and Domaine Rochebin Aligote), one from the Malborough region of New Zealand (Marlborough Sounds Organic Sauvignon Blanc) and a complex SB from South Africa (Cape Point Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc). Red lovers will enjoy a Chateau Mulonniere Cabernet Franc and Chateau Bellegrave St Emilion, both from France as well - we had a lot of requests for more French wine last month, so here you go - all that's left to do is enjoy!
Whites
Serge Dagueneau Pouilly Fume
From the French wine region of Pouilly Fume - and made from the grape variety of Sauvignon Blanc - this medium bodied wine offers attractive gooseberry and herbaceous aromas on the nose. The palate is intense, with flavours of grapefruit and white peach, leading to cleansing acidity leaving your mouth dry and refreshed.
Ideal with soft cheeses.
Domaine Rochebin Aligote
From the French region of Burgundy and the white variety of Aligote, this lesser known variety punches well above is weight class. Attractive green and yellow apple aromas with hints of white flowers make for an interesting smell. The palate has oodles of fresh acidity to cleanse the tongue with lovely, juicy white peach flavours on the mouthfeel.
Best to drink on its own or with seafood or sushi.
Marlborough Sounds Organic Sauvignon Blanc
Aromas of straw and white flowers make for a lovely aroma on this dry New Zealand white. The flavours range from white peach to yellow apple on the palate with vibrant acidity on the mouthfeel, leaving your palate dry and contemplating another glass.
A wine that best needs food - think steamed fish or mussels, chicken, creamy sauce-based pasta or soft cheeses.
Cape Point Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc
A complex Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa that has intense aromatic herb and white asparagus aromas on the nose. The palate is richer than you’ll find with most Sauvignon Blanc, offering lovely green apple, citrus and grapefruit flavours.
A wine best to drink with cheese that has a higher fat content - such as camembert, brie or goats cheese.
Reds
Chateau Mulonniere Cabernet Franc
A wine that’s 10 years old in 2026, yet drinks like a wine that is much younger than this. Attractive raspberry and red berry fruit dominate the nose with subtle aromas of charred oak from the use of French oak barrels. The mouth feel is very smooth - velvety and elegant - leading to a long finish of dark plum and crushed blueberries.
Drink on its own to see how the wine develops in your glass.
Chateau Bellegrave St Emilion
Made mainly from the Merlot grape variety, this is a great introduction into drinking wines from the region of St Emilion. Dark plum along with redberry fruit can be found on the nose with aromas of oak from the time the wine spent in barrels. The mouthfeel is complex with flavours of oak, dark fruits and earthy characters leading to a dry finish on this medium-bodied red.
Drink with red meats or hard cheeses.
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