All the SA Wines of the Year! South Africa’s Most Highly Rated in 2021
IN SUMMARY… South Africa’s White Wines of the Year, Sparkling Cap Classiques of the Year and SA Red Wines of the Year in 2021 – as well as the SA Dessert Wines and SA Port-Style Wines of the Year… Some accolades carry more weight than others, and there’s something to be said for a wine that ticks the boxes for a number of top tasting panels. Over 1500 South African wines were highly rated locally and/or internationally in 2021, and the following are those that received the most glowing reviews of the year.
• For details of the awards and ratings in this regard, as well as the cellar-door prices, click on the links above.
SA White Wines of the Year 2021
SA Bubblies of the Year 2021
SA Red Wines of the Year 2021
SA Sweet Wines of the Year 2021
SA White Wines of the Year 2021
CHARDONNAY
• Arendskloof 2020 (Eagle’s Cliff)
• Bouchard Finlayson Crocodile’s Lair 2019
• Creation Art of 2020
• De Grendel Op die Berg 2020
• De Wetshof Bateleur 2018
• De Wetshof Finesse 2020
• Groot Constantia 2019
• Oak Valley Tabula Rasa South Ridge CY95 2018
• Paul Cluver Seven Flags 2018
• Rustenberg Five Soldiers 2019
CHENIN BLANC
• Bellingham Bernard Series Old Vine 2019, 2020
• Bosman Optenhorst 2019
• Cederberg Five Generations 2020
• Kleine Zalze Family Reserve Old Bush Vine 2020
• Mentors 2019 (KWV)
• Mev Kirsten 2020 (Sadie Family)
• Mullineux Granite 2020
• Rall Ava 2020
• Spier 21 Gables 2020
• Stellenrust Barrel Fermented 2020
• Stellenrust Old Bush Vine 2020
RIESLING
• Jordan Real McCoy 2020
SAUVIGNON BLANC
• Bellevue 2021
• Buitenverwachting Hussey’s Vlei 2020
• Diemersdal Journal 2020
• Flagstone Free Run Reserve 2020
• Ghost Corner 2020 (Cederberg)
• Ghost Corner Wild Ferment 2019 (Cederberg)
• Groote Post Seasalter 2019
• Kleine Zalze Family Reserve Sur Lie 2020
• Our Darling Pledge 2020 (Le Grand Domaine)
• Tokara Reserve Collection Elgin 2020
SEMILLON
• Benguela Cove Catalina 2019
• Cape of Good Hope Laing Groendruif 2020 (Rupert)
• Old Road Grand-mére 2017
WHITE BLENDS
• Cape Point Isliedh 2020
• Constantia Glen Two 2019
• Delaire Graff White Reserve 2018
• Flagstone Treaty Tree Reserve 2018
• Stark-Condé Field Blend 2020
• Tokara Director’s Reserve 2018
• Vergelegen G.V.B 2019
SA Bubblies of the Year 2021
CAP CLASSIQUE
• Babylonstoren Sprankel 2016
• Benguela Cove Joie de Vivre Brut 2017
• Boschendal Jean Le Long Prestige Cuvée Blanc de Blancs 2009
• Graham Beck Blanc de Blancs 2016
• Graham Beck Cuvée Clive 2015, 2017
• Graham Beck Pinot Noir Rosé 2017
• Kleine Zalze Vintage Brut 2015
• Mariëtte Chardonnay Brut 2015 (Le Belle Rebelle)
• Newstead Brut 2016
• Paul René Chardonnay Brut 2017 (Wonderfontein)
• Quoin Rock Black Series 2014
• Weltevrede Philip Jonker The Ring Brut 2013
SA Red Wines of the Year 2021
CABERNET FRANC
• Mentors 2018 (KWV)
• Thokozani 2019 (Diemersfontein)
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
• Boekenhoutskloof Stellenbosch 2019
• Cederberg Five Generations 2018
• Flagstone Music Room 2018
• Le Riche Reserve 2018
• Muratie Martin Melck Family Reserve 2017
• Nederburg Private Bin Two Centuries 2017
• Niel Joubert Reserve 2015
• Oldenburg Rondekop Per Se 2019
• Tokara Reserve Collection 2018
• Vergelegen Reserve 2015
GRENACHE NOIR
• Dunstone Reserve 2018
MERLOT
• Holden Manz Reserve 2018
• Shannon Black 2017
PINOT NOIR
• Benguela Cove Vinography 2019
• Bouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak 2019
• Lothian 2020
PINOTAGE
• Diemersdal Journal 2019
• Diemersdal Reserve 2019
• Francois van Niekerk 2019
• Rooiberg Reserve 2019
• Stellenbosch ‘1679’ 2019 (Koelenhof)
SHIRAZ / SYRAH
• Boschkloof Epilogue 2019
• Cederberg Shiraz 2018
• De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2019
• Flagstone Dark Horse Shiraz 2017
• Glen Carlou Syrah 2019
• Kruger Family Reserve Shiraz 2017 (Stellenview)
• Mount Sutherland Syrah 2018 (Super Single Vyds)
• Mullineux Granite Syrah 2019
• Old Road 12 Mile Syrah 2018
• Sons of Sugarland Syrah 2020 (Boschkloof)
• Stellenbosch Vineyards Credo Shiraz 2018
• Strandveld Syrah 2019
• Trizanne Reserve Syrah 2019
• Van Loggerenberg Graft 2020
RED BLENDS
• Aslina Umsasane 2019
• Beyerskloof Faith 2019
• Buitenverwacthing Meifort 2018
• Columella 2019 (Sadie Family)
• Constantia Glen Five 2017
• Endura Winemaker’s Selection Cape Blend 2017 (Perdeberg)
• Glenelly Lady May 2017
• Marianne Floreal 2018
• Mentors Canvas 2018 (KWV)
• Mentors Perold 2017, 2018 (KWV)
• Rust en Vrede 1694 Classification 2018
• Saronsberg Full Circle 2019
• Saronsberg Seismic 2018
• Sijnn Red 2018
• Spier Creative Block 5 2018
• Stellenbosch ‘1679’ Legacy 2017 (Koelenhof)
• Tokara Director’s Reserve 2018
SA Sweet Wines of the Year 2021
UNFORTIFIED DESSERT
• Boekenhoutskloof Noble Late Harvest 2018
• Boschendal Vin D’Or Noble Late Harvest 2018
• Klein Constantia Vin de Constance Natural Sweet 2017
• Meerhof Mooistrooi 2020, 2021 (Straw Wine)
• Nederburg Noble Late Harvest 2019
• Paul Cluver Riesling Noble Late Harvest 2020
• Savage Not Tonight Josephine 2020 (Straw Wine)
CAPE PORT
• Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve 2017
• KWV Cape Tawny NV
