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SA’s Top 5 Estate Wines announced

published on: 27 July 2012 

After a record 276 entries for the seventh annual Novare SA Terroir Wine Awards, the first ever SA Terroir Top 5 Estate Wines were chosen by the panel of seven judges.

South Africa’s top five estate wines are:

• Groot Constantia Chardonnay 2011
• Kaapzicht Steytler Pentagon 2008 (red blend)
• Kaapzicht Steytler Pinotage 2008
• Neethlingshof Short Story Collection Maria 2011 (natural sweet)
• Wildekrans Chenin Blanc Barrel Selection 2010

The top wine estate is also chosen out of all the estate wine entries and the winner of the Novare Trophy for SA Terroir Top Wine Estate is:

The Wildekrans Chenin Blanc Barrel Selection 2010 is in the five top scoring and it was also chosen as the National Winner of Chenin Blanc.

Following very closely in second place for the Top Wine Estate Trophy was Kaapzicht, with two National Winners.
“The focus is on the wine producers who, with passion, have become wine growing terrain (terroir) perfectionists. This is a perfect combination of soil, climate, viticulture and vinification. Only wines certified as Wine of Origin (WO) from a single vineyard, estate, ward or small district not divided into wards can be entered,”