{"id":752,"date":"2014-03-02T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=752"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:58:24","slug":"top-sa-red-wines-and-cellars-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2014\/03\/top-sa-red-wines-and-cellars-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Top SA red wines and top SA red wine cellars over the past 10 years – best track records between 2004 and 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2014 Wine & Cellar Classifications on the basis of the best track records in 25 local and international blind-tasting forums over the past 10 years have just been released. T<\/span>o be eligible for Classification, a wine must have been made and bottled in South Africa and must have earned very good reviews by at least one of the top judging panels for at least three vintages during\u00a0<\/span>the period under review – 2004 to 2013 for the 2014 Classification. The panels include those of Platter's wine guide (5 Stars and Highly Recommended), the Trophy Wine Show and the Michelangelo awards, Veritas and the Six Nations Challenge, Decanter, the International Wine Challenge and IWSC – to mention just eight of the 25. And thereafter it is the number of top-rated vintages and the type of accolades that determine Top 20 and Top 10 rankings among South Africa's most fancied wines in recent times.<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span>The top rankings as regards the latest red wine Classifications are as follows, given in alphabetical order. See here<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for the Top 20 rankings in various categories plus the names of the Top 50 white and red wine cellars, the Top 100 cellars overall and those ultra-consistent bottlings in the Top Wine SA Hall of Fame (for eight or more top-rated vintages during the past 10 years).<\/span><\/div>\n
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TOP 10 SA CABERNET SAUVIGNON\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\nBoekenhoutskloof<\/span>
\nCederberg Five Generations<\/span>
\nDe Trafford<\/span>
\nFleur du Cap Unfiltered (Bergkelder)<\/span>
\nGuardian Peak Lapa<\/span>
\nKanonkop<\/span>
\nNederburg Private Bin R163<\/span>
\nRustenberg Peter Barlow<\/span>
\nStark-Conde Three Pines<\/span>
\nThelema<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>TOP 10 SA MERLOT\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\nAnura Reserve<\/span>
\nDe Grendel<\/span>
\nDieu Donne<\/span>
\nDurbanville Hills Luipaardsberg<\/span>
\nFleur du Cap Unfiltered (Bergkelder)<\/span>
\nHartenberg<\/span>
\nLongridge<\/span>
\nRust en Vrede<\/span>
\nShannon Mount Bullet<\/span>
\nThelema Reserve<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>TOP 10 SA PINOT NOIR\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\nBouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak<\/span>
\nBouchard Finlayson Tete de Cuvee Galpin Peak<\/span>
\nChamonix Reserve<\/span>
\nCrystallum Cuvee Cinema<\/span>
\nHamilton Russell<\/span>
\nMeerlust<\/span>
\nNewton Johnson Family Vineyards<\/span>
\nOak Valley<\/span>
\nPaul Cluver Seven Flags<\/span>
\nSumaridge<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>TOP 10 PINOTAGE\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\nBeyerskloof Reserve<\/span>
\nDiemersfontein Carpe Diem<\/span>
\nKaapzicht Steytler<\/span>
\nKanonkop<\/span>
\nMoreson<\/span>
\nRijk's<\/span>
\nSimonsig Redhill<\/span>
\nSpier Private Collection<\/span>
\nStellenzicht Golden Triangle<\/span>
\nWindmeul Reserve<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>TOP 10 SA SHIRAZ\/SYRAH\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\nBoekenhoutskloof<\/span>
\nCederberg<\/span>
\nCirrus<\/span>
\nDe Trafford 393<\/span>
\nHartenberg Gravel Hill<\/span>
\nHartenberg The Stork<\/span>
\nKleine Zalze Family Reserve<\/span>
\nSaronsberg<\/span>
\nSaxenburg Private Collection<\/span>
\nSimonsig Merindol<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>TOP SA NICHE RED VARIETIES\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\n
\n<\/b><\/span>Neethlingshof Lord Neethling Cabernet Franc<\/span>
\nRaats Family Cabernet Franc<\/span>
\nRainbow's End Cabernet Franc<\/span>
\nWarwick Cabernet Franc<\/span>
\nWhalehaven Cabernet Franc<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>Neil Ellis Vineyard Selection Grenache<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>Doolhof Malbec<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>KWV The Mentors Petit Verdot<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>TOP 10 SA RED BLENDS\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\nDe Toren Fusion V<\/span>
\nErnie Els Proprietor's Blend<\/span>
\nErnie Els Signature<\/span>
\nJordan Cobblers Hill<\/span>
\nKaapzicht Steytler Vision<\/span>
\nKanonkop Paul Sauer<\/span>
\nRust en Vrede Estate<\/span>
\nSadie Columella<\/span>
\nSaronsberg Full Circle<\/span>
\nWarwick Trilogy<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>TOP 20 SA RED WINE CELLARS\u00a0\u2013 2014<\/strong>
\nBoekenhoutskloof<\/span>
\nCederberg Private Cellar<\/span>
\nChamonix<\/span>
\nDe Trafford Winery<\/span>
\nDiemersfontein<\/span>
\nErnie Els Wines<\/span>
\nGuardian Peak Wines<\/span>
\nHamilton Russell Vineyards<\/span>
\nJordan Wine Estate<\/span>
\nKaapzicht Wine Estate<\/span>
\nKanonkop Estate<\/span>
\nKleine Zalze<\/span>
\nRijk's<\/span>
\nRust en Vrede Estate<\/span>
\nRustenberg Wines<\/span>
\nSadie Family Wines<\/span>
\nSaronsberg<\/span>
\nSimonsig<\/span>
\nSpier<\/span>
\nThelema Mountain Vineyards<\/span><\/p>\n
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