{"id":39878,"date":"2021-09-29T22:45:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T20:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=39878"},"modified":"2021-09-30T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:31:34","slug":"2021-cape-blend-competition-winners-no-strangers-to-the-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2021\/09\/2021-cape-blend-competition-winners-no-strangers-to-the-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Cape Blend Competition winners no strangers to the podium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WITH THEIR achievements in the 2021 edition of the Perold Absa Cape Blend Competition<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the five winners showed once again how consistently good their wines are as combos with Pinotage being the leading component comprising between 30% and 70%. Since the competition was first held by the Pinotage Association in 2011, KWV has now won trophies with seven vintages, followed by Idiom (4) and Beyerskloof (3). All five of the winning wines are included in the SA Wine Classification<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, with Beyerskloof's Faith and KWV's Mentors Perold included among the country's Top 10 red blends overall on the basis of track records spanning the past 10 years.<\/p>\n

On the panel of judges were winemakers Wilhelm Pienaar (Hermanuspietersfontein), Rudger van Wyk (Stark-Cond\u00e9), Elsa du Plessis (Beyerskloof) and Charles Hopkins (De Grendel), together with 2021 Best Sommelier in South Africa Wikus Human (Marble and Saint restaurants, Johannesburg). Pienaar was the tasting panel chair.<\/p>\n

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THE PANEL'S TOP 5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Beyerskloof Faith 2018<\/strong>
\nR800pb ex-cellar, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Flagstone Dragon Tree 2018<\/strong>
\nR130pb ex-cellar, Somerset West<\/p>\n

Idiom Cape Blend 2018<\/strong>
\nR396pb ex-cellar, Sir Lowry's Pass<\/p>\n

Mentors Perold 2019<\/strong> (KWV)
\nR600pb ex-cellar, Paarl<\/p>\n

Simonsig Frans Malan Cape Blend 2017<\/strong>
\nR268pb ex-cellar, Koelenhof-Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

THE RUNNERS-UP<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Babylonstoren Kaapse Versnit 2019<\/strong>
\nNot for general release; Simonsberg-Stellenbosch cellar<\/p>\n

Beyerskloof Faith 2016<\/strong>
\nR800 ex-cellar, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Mentors Perold 2018<\/strong> (KWV)
\nR500pb ex-cellar, Paarl<\/p>\n

Spier Creative Block 8 2017<\/strong>
\nR185pb ex-cellar, Vlottenburg-Stellenbosch<\/p>\n

Windmeul Reserve Cape Blend 2018<\/strong>
\nR150pb ex-cellar, Windmeul-Paarl<\/p>\n

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  WITH THEIR achievements in the 2021 edition of the Perold Absa Cape Blend Competition, the five winners showed once again how consistently good their wines are as combos with Pinotage being the leading component comprising between 30% and 70%. Since the competition was first held by the Pinotage Association in 2011, KWV has now won trophies with seven vintages,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3627,1846,1825],"tags":[3628,1791,866,1112,3746,3017,904,3745,2354,835,909,1197,781,849,1025,1044,1091],"class_list":["post-39878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3627","category-perold-cape-blend-competition","category-wine-ratings","tag-3628","tag-association","tag-beyerskloof","tag-cape-blend","tag-dragon-tree","tag-faith","tag-flagstone","tag-frans-malan","tag-idiom","tag-kwv","tag-mentors","tag-perold","tag-pinotage","tag-sa","tag-simonsig","tag-south-africa","tag-top-wine"],"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