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Sweet Wine & Fortifieds Report 2025: Top Wines

By , 4 December 2025

Introduction

The Sweet Wine & Fortifieds Report 2025 is now out. Wines were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a three-person panel, scoring done according to the 100-point quality scale.

Number of entries per category

1) Natural Sweet – five
2) Noble Late Harvest – seven
3) Straw – three
4) Hanepoot – five
5) Muscadel – seven
 6) Port-style – 13

Top wines

93

St Leger 2022
Price: R946 (500ml)
Wine of Origin: Constantia, Cape Town
Abv: 13.3%

92

Diemersdal Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Price: R200 (375ml)
Wine of Origin: Durbanville
Abv: 9.6%

Joostenberg Chenin Blanc 2024
Price: R236 (375ml)
Wine of Origin: Paarl
Abv: 13.5%

92

Nederburg The Winemasters 2024
Price: R170 (375ml)
Wine of Origin: Western Cape
Abv: 8.46%

92

Fairview La Beryl Blanc 2024
Price: R356 (500ml)
Wine of Origin: Paarl
Abv: 11.95%

92

Babylonstoren Hanepoot 2024
Price: R300 (500ml)
Wine of Origin: Paarl
Abv: 15.5 %

94

Nuy Barbieri Idro Red Muscadel 2017
Price: R235 (500ml)
Wine of Origin: Nuy
Abv: 17%

92

Klawer Cellars White Muscadel 2023
Price: R110
Wine of Origin: Olifants River
Abv: 16.87%

95

Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve 2019
Price: R380
Wine of Origin: Calitzdorp
Abv: 17.91%

95

Delaire Graff Cape Vintage 2023
Price: R640
Wine of Origin: Swartland
Abv: 19.46%

93

Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve 2022
Price: R380
Wine of Origin: Calitzdorp
Abv: 18.1%

93

De Krans Cape Vintage Reserve 2021
Price: R410
Wine of Origin: Calitzdorp
Abv: 19%

93

Lord Jackal Private Collection Cape Vintage Reserve 2024 (Jakkalsvlei)
Price: R486
Wine of Origin: Swartland
Abv: 18.58%

92

Boplaas Cape Tawny N/V
Price: R286
Wine of Origin: Western Cape
Abv: 17%

92

De Krans Cape Tawny N/V
Price: R260
Wine of Origin: Western Cape
Abv: 19%

Shop online

Online wine shop Getwine is offering all of the top wines for sale – buy wine.

Nuy Winery, between Worcester and Robertson.

For key findings, tasting notes for the top wines, and scores on the 100-point quality scale for all wines entered: Sweet Wine & Fortifieds Report 2025

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