Primordial Soup Red Wine
£8.49
£11.32 per litre · incl. 20% VAT
In Stock — 7 bottles available
Here is a red blend that does not take itself too seriously, and you will love it for that. Bright crushed cherry, a tangy hint of cranberry and a soft, juicy finish make this easy-drinking Western Cape blend a proper midweek crowd-pleaser. Pour it without ceremony, share it freely, and enjoy the price as much as the wine.
Not for sale to persons under 18. Adult signature required on delivery.
Our Verdict
We have a soft spot for wines that punch well above their price, and this is one of them. Primordial Soup will never pretend to be a serious Stellenbosch flagship, and that is exactly the point: it is honest, juicy and ready to please from the first glass. It has become a genuine customer favourite for good reason. We reach for it when we want something cheerful with a midweek supper, no decanting, no fuss. If you need a reliable house red that keeps everyone happy and barely dents the budget, start here.
Tasting Notes
Lift the glass and you get a creamy waft of summer pudding, all ripe berries and a touch of warm spice. The palate is where it shines: crushed cherry leads the way, bright and juicy, with a cranberry tang that keeps everything fresh rather than sweet. Strawberry and blackberry fill out the middle, and the tannins stay soft throughout. The finish is smooth and gently fruity, which makes it dangerously easy to pour a second glass.
Crushed Cherry Core
Deep, juicy cherry runs right through the palate, the kind that genuinely tastes like biting into ripe fruit rather than jam.
Cranberry Tang
A bright, tart cranberry edge cuts through the ripe fruit, keeping the wine fresh and stopping it from feeling heavy.
Creamy Summer Pudding
The nose is all soft red berries and a creamy richness, like a spoonful of summer pudding before you have even tasted it.
About This Wine
Some wines are for studying. This one is for pouring. Primordial Soup is a playful, generous South African red blend that throws together the Western Cape's classical red grapes and lets them get on with the business of being delicious.
The name is a nod to the happy jumble inside the bottle, and the result is a wine packed with life. Expect a creamy, almost summer-pudding lift on the nose, then a mouthful of crushed cherry and ripe red berries with a bright cranberry tang that keeps everything fresh. It is medium-bodied, dry and smooth, with strawberry and blackberry lingering on a soft finish. Nothing heavy, nothing fussy: just fruit, flavour and easy charm.
It comes from Boutinot, the team who have been quietly making clever, characterful Cape wines for decades, blending across the Western Cape's districts to keep the style consistent and the value remarkable.
This is your everyday hero. Open it for a Tuesday-night stir-fry, a Friday burger or a weekend braai-style barbecue, and watch it disappear. It loves steak and beef dishes especially. At this price it is the kind of bottle worth keeping a few of on the rack, and we deliver across the UK, straight to your door.
Food Pairing
This is a red blend that loves a bit of char and savour. Pour it alongside a chargrilled rib-eye or a quick beef stir-fry, where the juicy cherry fruit plays beautifully against seared meat. It is just as happy with a midweek bowl of spaghetti bolognese or a Friday-night burger. The soft tannins and bright fruit make it forgiving with almost anything off the grill.
- —Chargrilled rib-eye steak with peppercorn sauce
- —Beef and black bean stir-fry
- —Homemade beef burgers with melted cheese
- —Spaghetti bolognese
- —Sausages and mash with onion gravy
How to Serve
Temperature
Cool room temperature. A short twenty minutes in the fridge before serving keeps that cranberry freshness lively.
Decanting
No need to decant. This is a soft, juicy, easy-drinking blend that is ready the moment you pull the cork, though a quick swirl in the glass helps the berry aromas open up.
Glass
A standard red wine glass with a decent bowl lets the creamy berry nose gather and show itself.
The Winemaking
This is a wine built in the blending room rather than on a single hillside. Drawing red fruit from across the Western Cape's classic cultivars lets the winemaker layer one cultivar's juicy cherry against another's brighter, cranberry-edged tang, then balance the whole into something soft, smooth and easy-drinking. The result stays dry and medium-bodied, with that creamy, summer-pudding lift on the nose. Blending across districts also keeps the style consistent, so the bottle you love tastes reliably like itself.
About the Producer
Boutinot
Paul Boutinot spent years searching the world for a site that could make wine on his terms. He found it on the Schapenberg, a windswept ridge above Somerset West looking out over False Bay and the Atlantic. From day one Waterkloof was farmed organically, with biodynamic conversion following soon after. Cattle, sheep and goats roam the estate producing compost and grazing cover crops, and draught horses do the work tractors usually do, keeping the soil loose and alive. Cellarmaster Nadia Barnard, who joined at the very beginning and now runs the cellar, takes those naturally balanced grapes and gives them as little intervention as possible. It's farming as philosophy, and you can taste it.