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Sauvignon Blanc 2023

R 125.00

A complex wine with layers of minerality and an ensemble of lime, tropical fruits, and fresh herbs. A well-balanced and delicate palate with a layered, long finish.

Enjoy this wine with Cajun-spiced calamari tubes, grilled cod, goats cheese, or tempura prawns.

The 2023 vintage is ready to enjoy now but has an ageing potential of 3 to 4 years to allow for a richer wine with well-integrated acidity to develop.

Also available at Waitrose & Partners (UK).

Enjoy this wine with your next seafood barbeque, or a stir fry of Cajun shrimp, bell peppers and corn.
The winter season started earlier than usual, and March was a very wet month. Veraison started early but continued for along time. Harvest was also early - 11 days earlier than the previous year - and stopped fourteen days earlier than in 2022. The temperatures were moderate with few heat waves. The bunches and berries were much smaller and compact this year.
Using analysis, phenolic ripeness and flavour compositions, grapes were handpicked in batches over a three-week period. When crushed, the grapes delivered a recovery of 630 litres per ton. Following 6 hours skin contact, the juice was settled, racked and inoculated to ferment in tank at 14°C for 22 days. 80 days’ lees contact improved the wine’s flavour and body, followed by protein stabilisation, cold stabilisation, blending and bottling.

2023

  • Gilbert & Gaillard 2023 Gold
  • IWSC 2023 90 Points
  • James Suckling 2023 90 Points
  • Winemag Sauvignon Blanc Report 2023

2022

  • FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10
  • IWSC 2022 Silver (91 Points)
  • James Suckling 2022 90 Points
  • The Global Sauvignon Blanc Masters 2022 Silver
  • Tim Atkin Report 2022 91 Points
  • Winemag Sauvignon Blanc Report 2022 90 Points

2021

  • IWSC 2021 Silver (93 Points)
  • James Suckling 2021 90 Points
  • Michelangelo Wine Awards 2021 Gold
  • Tim Atkin SA Report 2021 91 Points
  • Winemag Sauvignon Blanc Report 2021 90 Points

2020

  • FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 - Top 20 Finalist
  • IWSC 2020 90 Points
  • Tim Atkin South African Report 2020 91 Points
  • Winemag Sauvignon Blanc Report 2020 90 Points

2019

  • Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2019 Gold
  • The Sommeliers Selection 2019 - Fresh/Crunchy White
  • Tim Atkin SA Report 2019 90 Points

2018     

  • Gold Wine Awards 2018 Gold
  • Tim Atkin SA Report 2018 90 Points
  • Vitis Vinifera Awards 2018 Gold

2017     

  • Global Sauvignon Blanc Masters 2017 Gold
  • Tim Atkin SA Report 2017 90 Points
  • Vitis Vinifera Awards 2017 Gold

2016     

  • FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 2016
  • Gold Wine Awards 2016 Gold
  • Vitis Vinifera Awards 2016 Gold

2015     

  • Gold Wine Awards 2015 Gold
  • Vitis Vinifera Awards 2015 Gold

2014     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2013     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2012     

  • Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2012 Gold
  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2011     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2010     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2009     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2008     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2007     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars

2006     

  • Platter's 4 Stars

2004     

  • Platter’s 4 Stars