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Familiar labels among 10 of South Africa’s best Sauvignon Blancs in 2019

10/2019 Mike Froud Leave a comment

THERE WERE 183 entries from 107 producers in the 2019 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 competition and/but very few surprises in terms of the results which included three repeat winners – the 2019 vintage of De Grendel Koetshuis, Diemersdal Wild Ferment and Tokara Reserve Collection winning this year after victory with earlier vintages last year. The panel of judges were:

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SA Wine Ratings
Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10
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Winter Ferment another golden success for Diemersdal. Ice wine next?

04/2019 Mike Froud Leave a comment

DIEMERSDAL has a reputation for being a Sauvignon Blanc specialist pushing the envelope, and ‘Winter Ferment’ is the latest innovation in what cellarmaster Thys Louw describes as a New World style. After the harvest in February, the grape juice/must is frozen and kept at -20°C until June before being thawed and fermented in the Cape winter. Unique in South