This year’s Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient attracted 55 entries and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a three-person panel, scoring done according to the 100-point quality scale.
The Top 10 is as follows:
95
- Peter Falke Kanoa 2017
94
- Benguela Cove Estate Collage 2019
- Dornier Donatus 2018
- Glenelly Lady May 2017
93
- Allée Bleue L’Amour Toujours 2017
- Delaire Graff Botmaskop 2019
- Delheim Grand Reserve 2018
- La Bri Affinity 2020
- Ladybird Vineyards The Ladybird 2018
- Nederburg Heritage Heroes The Brew Master 2018
“Some excellent wines but overall, the category did not show that well with 58% of the line-up rating sub-90,” says Christian Eedes, panel chairman and editor of Winemag.co.za.
“More than half the wines were from 2018 and 2019 which are generally considered to have been difficult vintages and consumers need to maker their purchase decisions with care”.
To read the report in full, including key findings, tasting notes for the top wines and scores on the 100-point quality scale for all wines entered, visit Winemag.co.za.
Peter Falke Wines, as producer of the wine judged best overall, wins a new 225-litre Sélection barrel worth R15 300 from Tonnellerie Sylvain. Wines are available for online purchase via boutique wine retailer Dry Dock Liquors or Wine of The Month Club.
The Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report sponsored by Prescient.
About Winemag.co.za
Wine magazine was published from 1993 until 2011 and now lives on in digital form. It covers everything to do with South African fine wine. Christian Eedes is editor. After graduating from Stellenbosch University with a BA Honours in philosophy, he joined Wine magazine in 2000 and served as editor between May 2008 and December 2009. He has completed a wine evaluation course and a small-scale winemaking course under the auspices of the Department of Viticulture and Oenology at Stellenbosch University. His experience includes tasting for the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show and Platter’s South African Wine Guide in addition to various other local and international competitions.
Jacqueline Lahoud is Business Director. She has extensive media experience including being publisher of Getaway magazine and Show & Events Director at RamsayMedia. Now embracing digital media.
About Prescient
Prescient, a multinational financial services company that has supported Winemag.co.za’s annual reports on both Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon for the past five years, has expanded its sponsorship to all wine categories.
Prescient, a proudly South African company, was established in Cape Town in 1998, and has subsequently grown its operations across a range of financial disciplines globally.
It takes a special research process to successfully find investment potential and navigate through the high levels of volatility and unpredictability of the financial markets. In turn, Prescient recognises Winemag.co.za’s purpose in seeking out and celebrating the best wines in South Africa, and its consequent appeal to those who appreciate that the production of a world-class wine, like investing, is a long-term proposition.
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ALSO READ: Prescient Cabernet Sauvignon Report 2017
Winemag.co.za, in conjunction with Prescient, presented the sixth annual Cabernet Sauvignon Report with a line-up of 65 wines submitted by invitation only and judged blind.
Fifteen wines were rated 90 or higher on the 100-point quality scale and these were celebrated at an event held at The Stack, Leinster Hall in Cape Town.
The highest scoring wines were Neil Ellis Jonkershoek Valley Stellenbosch 2014 and Strydom Rex 2014 with 92 points. Bartinney 2014, Jordan The Long Fuse 2014, Kleine Zalze Family Reserve 2013, Le Riche Reserve 2014, Peter Falke 2013, Rustenberg Peter Barlow 2012, Tokara Reserve Collection 2013, Waterford Estate 2014 and Warwick Blue Lady 2014 all scored 91. Groot Constantia 2015, Neil Ellis Stellenbosch 2014, Spier 21 Gables 2014 and Vergelegen V 2012 scored 90.
