The Prescient Chardonnay Report 2015

The fifth annual Chardonnay Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. This involved putting together a line-up of 60 of South Africa’s most high-profile examples, either currently available or soon to be released, and then subjecting them to a blind tasting.

Wines to rate 90 or higher on the 100-point quality scale were as follows:

94
Eikendal 2014
Groot Constantia 2014
KWV The Mentors 2013
Paul Cluver Estate 2014
Paul Cluver Seven Flags 2014
Richard Kershaw Elgin Clonal Selection 2014
Sumaridge 2013
Uva Mira The Single Tree 2014

93
StellenRust Barrel Fermented 2014
Uva Mira The Mira 2014

92
Evidence 2014 (Julien Schaal)
Hamilton Russell Vineyards 2014
Hartenberg 2013
Newton Johnson Southend 2014
Oak Valley Elgin 2014
Tokara Reserve Collection Stellenbosch 2014
Vergelegen Reserve 2014

91
Chamonix 2014
Iona Elgin 2014
Môreson Mercator Premium 2014
Radford Dale 2013
Vriesenhof 2014
Warwick White Lady 2014

90
Ataraxia 2013
Bartinney 2014
Buitenverwachting 2014
DeMorgenzon Reserve 2014
Mulderbosch 2014
Rustenberg Five Soldiers 2013

To read the tasting report in full, download the following: Prescient Chardonnay Report 2015

To buy tickets to a public tasting of some of the top performing wines, CLICK HERE.

To view a photo album of the awards function, CLICK HERE.

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