Nederburg's sweet, sweet news at home and abroad

Wednesday, 14 October, 2015
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Nederburg's award-winning status was reaffirmed when the winery earned double gold in Sydney and then a few days later, a cache of double gold and gold medals at Veritas 2015. With two double golds, 11 golds and 14 silvers, it emerged the second top contender at this year's Veritas show.

Maintaining its unassailable leadership in the sweet wine stakes, Nederburg won double gold for the 2009 Eminence at the Six Nations Wine Challenge in Australia, and then the Veritas double gold for the 2005 Edelkeur at home. Both wines are sold exclusively on the annual Nederburg Auction. Earlier this year, the 2010 Edelkeur was awarded gold outstanding, a top honour, at the International Wine & Spirit Competition in London. Also in London, the widely retailed 2013 Winemaster's Reserve Noble Late Harvest went on to win a trophy at the International Sweet Wine Challenge. In South Africa, the wine sells for around R90.

Nederburg's second Veritas double gold went to its flagship single-varietal red, the 2012 II Centuries Cabernet Sauvignon, made from individually selected Paarl vines. Earlier vintages have also been acclaimed.

Eminence and Edelkeur dominated the Veritas golds. The 2012 and 2013 vintages of both were amongst the gold medallists, as were the 2013 Winemaster's Reserve Noble Late Harvest and the 2001 Private Bin S316 Weisser Riesling Noble Late Harvest.

Nederburg's reds also ruled at Veritas to bring in a quartet of golds. The 2013 vintage of The Brew Master, a Bordeaux-style blend that forms part of the popular Heritage Heroes gourmet range, was one of these. It retails locally for around R150.

All the other gold medallists were Private Bin Nederburg Auction wines. They were:

2012 Private Bin R181 Merlot

2013 Private Bin Auction Reserve Pinot Noir

2010 Private Bin R172 Pinotage

2012 Private Bin R121 Shiraz.  

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