TOP WINE from the Rietvallei estate in Robertson, the JMB Cabernet Franc is on a roll, so to speak. A few years ago, the 2016 was a National Winner at the SA Terroir Wine Awards and chosen as one of the Top 6 at the Cab Franc Challenge. Amazing that it’s still available at the cellar door. In 2023, the
THE LIMIETBERG can seem somewhat unreal at times. The light can play tricks on the mountains above those green valleys, although the rocky slopes can indeed be pretty red. Blood red even. Hence the name of the flagship Malbec from Doolhof Wine Estate in Wellington – the ‘Bloedklip’ 2018 having been ranked alongside some of the finest expressions of the
THE Top Wine SA Uber Value Wine of the Year: Treaty Tree Reserve Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2019 from the Flagstone cellar outside Somerset West! A 97-point gold medallist at the Veritas Awards (SA), class winner at the National Wine Challenge (SA) and the most highly rated wine at the SA Terroir Awards. It’s the only one of over 80 Uber
BEFORE considering the majority vote… Upon conclusion of the 2021 Ultra Value Wine Challenge, the guys and gals at BuyBetterWine.com announced their SA red and white wines of the year to be the 2018 vintage of Stellenbosch Hills Merlot, at the cellar-door price of R92 per bottle, and the 2021 Goudini Chenin Blanc at R60pb from uniWines in Rawsonville. Also
NOT FROM Stellenbosch or Tulbagh, nor from Bot River, Wellington, Paarl… Flagstone’s super-successful Pinotage is from vines on the farm of Anton Roos in the Waaihoek Mountains, one of the highest vineyards in the Breedekloof district of South Africa’s winelands – the place and the wine so astounding that Flagstone founder Bruce Jack was once ‘stumped’ for words! The first
GROOT CONSTANTIA was declared top achiever at the 2018 Novare SA Terroir Wine Awards, with winemaker Boela Gerber’s Natural Sweet Grand Constance 2015 and port-styled Cape Ruby 2016 the most successful of eight wines whose combined scores lifted the trophy. It’s been another good year by way of reviews for this dessert wine from South Africa’s oldest producer: Best in
