Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report 2017
By Christian Eedes, 6 June 2017
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The third annual Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report (previously the Red Hot Wine Awards) is now out.
60 entries were received from 45 producers for this year’s competition and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by the three-person panel, scoring done according to the 100-point quality scale.
Wines to rate 90 or higher on the 100-point quality scale were as follows:
94
Thelema Rabelais 2013
Price: R475
93
Morgenster 2011
Price: R389
MR de Compostella 2014
Price: R1 050
Tokara Director’s Reserve Red 2013
Price: R390
92
Holden Manz Big G 2013
Price: R225
Rustenberg John X Merriman 2015
Price: R175
Simonsig Tiara 2011
Price: R320
91
Allée Bleue Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2014
Price: R130
Beyerskloof Field Blend 2013
Price: R250
Groot Constantia Gouverneurs Reserve 2014
Price: R367
Laibach The Ladybird 2015
Price: R100
Longridge Ekliptika 2014
Price: R480
Morgenster 2012
Price: R389
Mulderbosch Faithful Hound 2014
Price: R150
Muratie Ansela van de Caab 2013
Price: R325
Rustenberg John X Merriman 2014
Price: R175
Spier Creative Block 5 2014
Price: R149
Zorgvliet Richelle 2015
Price: R270
90
Allée Bleue L’Amour Toujours 2013
Price: R200
Creation Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot 2015
Price: R190
Knorhoek Pantère 2014
Price: R190
La Vierge Nymphomane 2015
Price: R137
Villiera Monro Red 2013
Price: R170
Vriesenhof Kallista 2011
Price: R285
Vondeling Philosophie 2015
Price: R695
Thelema, as the producer of the wine judged best overall, won a new 300-litre Selection barrel worth €860 (equivalent to R12 355 at the current exchange rate) from Tonnellerie Sylvain.
To read the tasting report in full, download the following: CapeBordeauxRedBlendReport2017
To view a photo album of the awards function, CLICK HERE.
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Magnus | 7 June 2017
Would love to see more of our “top end” Bordeaux Style producers also make their wines available for consideration like: Kanonkop, Meerlust, Vergelegen, Dalla Cia, De Toren.
joe | 7 June 2017
One of the most striking things about this analysis is how small the correlation between price and score is. It almost seems like so long as you pay >R100 per bottle (or maybe R150), you basically don’t in general get a better (higher-scoring) wine if you spend more money.
Bobby | 7 June 2017
Hi joe,
The R^2 for the 90+ wines is 0.2. So there is a positive correlation, although slight. It would be better to do this exercise with the full list of wines entered but we need quoted prices for that. A brief scan of the wines in the high 80s seems to show more wines priced below R200, so perhaps the correlation will increase?
I also see that the cause of much of last year’s commentary contoversy – Vilafonte – is absent from this year’s competition…