Sweet Wine Report 2018
By Christian Eedes, 21 August 2018
The inaugural Sweet Wine Report is now out, the focus being on 1) Natural Sweet; 2) Noble Late Harvest; 3) Straw Wine; 4) Hanepoot and 5) Muscadel.
Wines 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 were as follows:
Natural Sweet
92
Dornier Froschkönig Chenin Blanc 2016
91
Glen Carlou The Welder Chenin Blanc 2016
90
Thelema Vin De Hel Muscat Late Harvest 2015
Thelema Semillon Late Harvest 2014
Noble Late Harvest
93
Buitenverwachting 1769 2015
92
Doisy Daëne Barsac 2015
Joostenberg Chenin Blanc 2017
91
GlenWood Grand Duc Noblesse NV
Nederburg Winemasters 2017
90
Delaire Graff Sunburst 2015
GlenWood Grand Duc Noblesse 2014
Lourensford Limited Release 2014
Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc 2014
Neetlingshof The Short Story Collection Maria 2017
Straw
91
Orange River Cellars 2017
90
Boplaas Ouma Cloete 2016
Meinert Semillon 2014
Orange River Cellars 2016
Hanepoot
92
Daschbosch 2015
90
Boplaas The 1932 Block 2015
Muscadel
92
Nuy Rooi Muskadel 2010
91
Boplaas Heritage Collection 2013
Nuy Barbieri Idro Rooi Muskadel 2013
Orange River Cellars Red 2017
Rooiberg Red 2016
90
Allesverloren Red 2018
Orange River Cellars White 2017
To read the tasting report in full, download the following: Sweet Wine Report 2018
To view a photo album of the celebration lunch, click here.
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