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2025 Lismore Releases

The spectacular 2025 Estate Reserve Chardonnay headlines the new arrivals from Lismore Estate, showing a beautiful mineral elegance and laser-focused precision. These pristine citrus, ripe white-peach, and toasted notes were shaped by what Jancis Robinson calls a “goldilocks” year for South African viticulture, where dry, cool conditions and strong Cape winds kept the fruit healthy and disease-free – and just right! This release anchors a sweeping triumph for the newly crowned 2026 Winery of the Year, with nearly every wine in the lineup earning an outstanding 96 points from Tim Atkin MW.

This consistent brilliance reflects the vision of owner Samantha O’Keefe, whom critic Anthony Mueller calls “a trailblazer who is making some of South Africa’s most focused, precise and thoughtful wines.” Samantha moved from California to the remote, dramatic foothills of Greyton within the Overberg District, planting her vines 300 meters high. Thriving in the summer sun and weathering bitter winter snows, these vines have single-handedly put this cool-climate appellation on the map for quality wine production defined by balance and freshness.

2024 Lismore, Estate Reserve Syrah, Western Cape 6x75cl

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£294/Case (Excl. UK Duty & VAT)Β£352.80/Case (Incl. UK Duty & VAT)Duty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur

2025 Lismore, Estate Reserve Chardonnay, Greyton 6x75cl

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£240/Case (Excl. UK Duty & VAT)Β£288/Case (Incl. UK Duty & VAT)Duty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur

2025 Lismore, Estate Reserve Viognier, Greyton 6x75cl

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£234/Case (Excl. UK Duty & VAT)Β£280.80/Case (Incl. UK Duty & VAT)Duty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur

2025 Lismore, Cuvee Blanc Estate Reserve, Greyton 6x75cl

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£210/Case (Excl. UK Duty & VAT)Β£252/Case (Incl. UK Duty & VAT)Duty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur

2024 Lismore, Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Fermented, Cape South Coast 6x75cl

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£138/Case (Excl. UK Duty & VAT)Β£165.60/Case (Incl. UK Duty & VAT)Duty Status: In BondAvailability: En Primeur

Why Buy?

Reasons to drink, collect, or invest
  • These exceptional flagship whites represent some of the finest cool-climate wines in the Southern Hemisphere, led by an Estate Reserve Chardonnay that has previously been compared to a grand cru Corton-Charlemagne.
  • The 2025 vintage was β€œplain sailing” for Samantha O’Keefe and, with high scores already awarded from Tim Atkin, there is great potential for these wines to score top marks from other critics too.
  • The newly crowned 2026 Winery of the Year status underpins this entire release, making it a landmark vintage to secure for any collection.

More on Lismore

Lismore Estate, located in Greyton, South Africa, is a pioneering winery founded by Californian Samantha O’Keefe. Drawn to the region’s untapped potential, O’Keefe transformed an old dairy farm into a boutique wine estate, crafting cool-climate wines that have garnered international acclaim. At an altitude of 300 meters, Lismore benefits from one of South Africa’s coolest vineyard climates, with significant diurnal temperature variation. The complex soils contribute to this unique terroir that produces wines with exceptional elegance and balance…