{"id":32902,"date":"2020-09-30T12:33:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T10:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=32902"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:41:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:41:49","slug":"stark-conde-zevenwacht-and-mulderbosch-among-standout-sauvignons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2020\/09\/stark-conde-zevenwacht-and-mulderbosch-among-standout-sauvignons\/","title":{"rendered":"Stark-Cond\u00e9, Zevenwacht and Mulderbosch among standout Sauvignons"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHAT to take away from Winemag's 2020 Prescient Report<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on South African Sauvignon Blanc… For starters, editor Christian Eedes and fellow tasting panel members Roland Peens as well as James Pietersen of Cape Town merchant\/cellarer Wine Cellar are among those who generally regard the Bordeaux-style blends and Wooded Sauvignons as generally superior to unwooded Sauvignon. “Whereas unwooded Sauvignon often succeeds on account of its primacy of flavour,” says Eedes, “the use of oak and the addition of Semillon as a blending component are both intended to add complexity, and it would seem that producers are largely successful in this regard.”<\/p>\n

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Of the country's most-planted varieties, only Sauvignon and Pinotage are more widely planted than a decade ago. “Sauvignon Blanc is a huge success story.” Still, given that of the 115 wines submitted for review (only) 22 were blends and 28 wooded, perhaps they should have highlighted a Top 5 rather than a Top\u00a010 in these categories. As it is, they awarded more than half the field in each case \u2013 no doubt including some wines scored less than 93\/100, which equates to silver medal status rather than gold. (The scores of the Top\u00a020 \u00d7 3 are being withheld until a prize-giving end-2020).<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of the standout wines among Winemag's Top 10s below are the 2020 Zevenwacht 7even, the 2019 Iona Wild Ferment and the 2019 Stark-Cond\u00e9 Round Mountain, all finalists in the FNB<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 competition, with the latter also a gold medal winner (95\/100) at the Decante<\/strong><\/span><\/a>r World Wine Awards in the UK. And best value Sauvignon Blanc at under\u00a0R100<\/strong><\/span><\/a> a bottle: the Zevenwacht 7even 2020, as well as Rietvallei 2020, Mulderbosch 2019, Lanzerac 2019 and Bloemendal Waterlily 2019 \u2013 not all of them unwooded!<\/p>\n

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SAUVIGNON BLANC SEMILLON<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Brunia 2018<\/strong>
\nR250pb ex-cellar, Stanford<\/p>\n

Constantia Glen Two 2019<\/strong>
\nR290pb ex-cellar, Constantia<\/p>\n

Delaire Graff Reserve 2018<\/strong>
\nR425pb ex-cellar, Helshoogte, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Durbanville Hills Tangram 2019<\/strong>
\nR375pb ex-cellar, Durbanville<\/p>\n

Flagstone Treaty Tree Reserve 2018<\/strong>
\nR145pb ex-cellar, Somerset West<\/p>\n

Iona One Man Band 2017<\/strong>
\nR290pb ex-cellar, Elgin<\/p>\n

Lanzerac Keldermeester Versameling Bergstroom 2017<\/strong>
\nR200pb ex-cellar, Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Shannon Capall B\u00e1n 2017<\/strong>
\nR295pb ex-cellar, Elgin<\/p>\n

Tokara Director's Reserve 2017<\/strong>
\nR280pb ex-cellar, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Vergelegen G.V.B 2018<\/strong>
\nR440pb ex-cellar, Somerset West<\/p>\n

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WOODED SAUVIGNON BLANC<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Benguela Cove 2019<\/strong>
\nR170pb ex-cellar, Bot River<\/p>\n

Cape Point Reserve 2019<\/strong>
\nR210pb ex-cellar, Noordhoek<\/p>\n

DA Hanekom Klipmeer 2018<\/strong>
\nR185pb from producer, Durbanville<\/p>\n

Giant Periwinkle Blanc Fum\u00e9 2019<\/strong>
\nR200pb ex-cellar outside Elim, Cape Agulhas<\/p>\n

Groote Post Seasalter 2020<\/strong>
\nR151pb ex-cellar, Darling<\/p>\n

Iona Wild Ferment 2019<\/strong>
\nR195pb ex-cellar, Elgin<\/p>\n

Le Bonheur Blanc Fum\u00e9 2019<\/strong>
\nR200pb ex-cellar, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Le Bonheur Weather Blocks 2020<\/strong>
\nR100pb ex-cellar, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Mulderbosch 2019<\/strong>
\nR95pb ex-cellar, Polkadraai, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Stark-Cond\u00e9 Round Mountain 2019<\/strong>
\nR125pb ex-cellar in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

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UNWOODED SAUVIGNON BLANC<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Bloemendal Waterlily 2019<\/strong>
\nR95pb ex-cellar, Durbanville<\/p>\n

Cape Point Noordhoek 2019<\/strong>
\nR135pb ex-cellar, Noordhoek<\/p>\n

Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve Cape Mist 2019<\/strong>
\nR160pb ex-cellar, Durbanville<\/p>\n

Groote Post 2020<\/strong>
\nR103pb ex-cellar, Darling<\/p>\n

Lanzerac 2019<\/strong>
\nR95pb ex-cellar in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Paul Cluver 2019<\/strong>
\nR110pb ex-cellar, Elgin<\/p>\n

Rietvallei 2020<\/strong>
\nR95pb ex-cellar, Robertson<\/p>\n

Vergelegen 2020<\/strong>
\nR120pb ex-cellar, Somerset West<\/p>\n

Wildeberg Terroirs 2019<\/strong>
\nR240pb ex-cellar, Franschhoek<\/p>\n

Zevenwacht 7even 2020<\/strong>
\nR70pb ex-cellar in Kuils River outside Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

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WHAT to take away from Winemag’s 2020 Prescient Report on South African Sauvignon Blanc… For starters, editor Christian Eedes and fellow tasting panel members Roland Peens as well as James Pietersen of Cape Town merchant\/cellarer Wine Cellar are among those who generally regard the Bordeaux-style blends and Wooded Sauvignons as generally superior to unwooded Sauvignon. “Whereas unwooded Sauvignon often succeeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3310,1825,1830],"tags":[3360,3042,1130,2517,1176,2775,848,849,783,1044,1185,1091,1809,941,2063,2530,865],"class_list":["post-32902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3310","category-wine-ratings","category-eedes","tag-3360","tag-bloemendal","tag-iona","tag-lanzerac","tag-mulderbosch","tag-prescient","tag-rietvallei","tag-sa","tag-sauvignon-blanc","tag-south-africa","tag-stark-conde","tag-top-wine","tag-unwooded","tag-white-blend","tag-winemag","tag-wooded","tag-zevenwacht"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t