{"id":8098,"date":"2016-06-23T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T10:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=8098"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:55:48","slug":"stellenbosch-cellars-dominate-at-2016-red-hot-wine-awards-and-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2016\/06\/stellenbosch-cellars-dominate-at-2016-red-hot-wine-awards-and-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellenbosch cellars dominate at 2016 Red Hot Wine Awards \u2013 and yet!"},"content":{"rendered":"

THERE were 59 wines from 46 cellars entered for Winemag.co.za's 2016 Riscura Red Hot Wine Awards for South Africa's Bordeaux-Style red blends. As to be expected, perhaps, most of the top scores went the way of Stellenbosch outfits\u00a0\u2013 the exceptions being Diemersdal\u00a0in Durbanville, Creation on the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge between\u00a0Hermanus and Caledon, and Groot Constantia, whose 2013 Gouverneurs Reserve was judged to be the best wine on the day using the 100-point scoring system, tasting ‘blind'. The panel: Winemag.co.za editor Christian Eedes (chair) together with Roland Peens and James Pietersen of the Wine Cellar in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Top-Scoring Wines at Red Hot Wine Awards<\/h3>\n

94<\/strong>\/100 Groot Constantia Gouverneurs Reserve 2013<\/strong>
\n93<\/strong>\/100 Ernie Els Signature 2013<\/strong>
\n93<\/strong>\/100 Mvemve Raats De Compostella 2014<\/strong>
\n92<\/strong>\/100 Delaire Graff Botmaskop 2014<\/strong>
\n92<\/strong>\/100 Hartenberg The Mackenzie 2012<\/strong>
\n92<\/strong>\/100 Spier Creative Block 5 2013<\/strong>
\n92<\/strong>\/100 Vriesenhof Kallista 2010<\/strong>
\n91<\/strong>\/100 Dombeya Fenix 2011 <\/strong>(Haskell)
\n91<\/strong>\/100 Eikendal Classique 2014<\/strong>
\n91<\/strong>\/100 Uva Mira O.T.V. 2014<\/strong>
\n90<\/strong>\/100 Creation Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot 2014<\/strong>
\n90<\/strong>\/100 Diemersdal Private Collection 2014<\/strong>
\n90<\/strong>\/100 Rustenberg John X Merriman 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only three of these top achievers were\u00a0priced at under R150 a bottle: the Dombeya Fenix at R115, the Spier Creative Block 5 at R129 and the Diemersdal Private Collection at R132. For the full tasting report, see here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, and for all\u00a0of South Africa's Bordeaux-style\u00a0red blends to receive good reviews over the past year or two, together with the prices, see here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Groot<\/a>

The award-winning Groot Constantia – picking up where the estate left off after phenomenal success in 2015<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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THERE were 59 wines from 46 cellars entered for Winemag.co.za’s 2016 Riscura Red Hot Wine Awards for South Africa’s Bordeaux-Style red blends. As to be expected, perhaps, most of the top scores went the way of Stellenbosch outfits\u00a0\u2013 the exceptions being Diemersdal\u00a0in Durbanville, Creation on the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge between\u00a0Hermanus and Caledon, and Groot Constantia, whose 2013 Gouverneurs Reserve was judged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2217,1825,1830],"tags":[2223,1436,857,2327,849,1044,1091,1331],"class_list":["post-8098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2217","category-wine-ratings","category-eedes","tag-2223","tag-best-wine","tag-highly-rated","tag-red-hot","tag-sa","tag-south-africa","tag-top-wine","tag-wine-awards"],"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