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Botanica, Albarino Flower Girl Stellenbosch, 2026

White Wine from South Africa, South Africa
by Botanica
$27.99
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Albarino barely exists in South Africa, and Botanica is one of a tiny handful of producers growing it, on a Stellenbosch farm better known for flowers. Ginny Povall left a corporate career in Massachusetts, bought Protea Heights in Devon Valley in 2008, and discovered she had also bought South Africa's first commercial protea farm; she has grown grapes there since 2009 and farmed organically since 2014, with no tilling and permanent ground cover to build topsoil. The Flower Girl range is her outlet for the offbeat estate bottlings. The Albarino is hand-harvested and hand-sorted, gently pressed, fermented spontaneously in a concrete egg and stainless steel, and left on its lees a few months before bottling. Aromatic, zesty and bone-dry, it is a genuinely distinctive warm-weather white.

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More about Botanica

American Ginny Povall bought Protea Heights, a flower farm in Stellenbosch, in 2008. She still grows proteas for export and planted about five hectares of organically farmed vines in 2009 and 2010. Botanica made its name with the Mary Delany Chenin Blanc, from old bush vines high up in the Citrusdal Mountain area, and now adds estate wines like Albariño and Cabernet Franc plus Pinot Noir from Hemel-en-Aarde. Organic, regenerative and minimal-intervention, with real finesse.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Albarino

  • Vintage

    2026

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Oysters, grilled prawns, ceviche, fish and chips, Thai green curry, or a goat cheese salad.

Tasting Profile

White peach, nectarine, pink grapefruit, lime zest and lemongrass. Light to medium-bodied and bone-dry, with zesty acidity and a crisp finish of grapefruit pith.

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