Breedekloof Wine Valley collects 43 top awards - Two trophies among tally of Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards

Tuesday, 4 October, 2016
Wine correspondent
The Breedekloof Wine Valley, along with the collaborative winemaking effort, the Breedekloof Makers, have received an added boost to their enthusiastic winemaking efforts following the announcement of the 20th annual Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards – a collection of 43 Awards in total have made their way to this beautiful wine valley outside Cape Town.

Wines entered into the much acclaimed Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards competition are judged by a panel of esteemed local and international judges, who taste the wines blind and adjudicate according to the international 100-point system. A highly competitive awards system, this competition receives between 1700 and 1800 entries yearly, with wines only awarded a medal if they fall within the top-scoring one-third of entries received, and with only 15 Trophies awarded to wines of exceptional quality.

This year, two Trophies are making their way to the Breedekloof Valley:  the Garagiste Trophy was awarded to Stofberg Family Vineyards for its Mia Chenin Blanc 2016, and the Multi Color Corporation Dessert Wine Grand Prix Trophy to Badsberg Wine Cellar for its Badslese 2012.

Stofberg Family Vineyards is a third-generation wine farm, with wines crafted under the expert guidance of winemaker Mariëtte Coetzee (née Stofberg). She comments: “The Mia Chenin Blanc 2016 is a classic example of the exceptional Chenin Blanc that is produced in the Breedekloof Valley, and this particular wine is fresh and vibrant with a lovely, dusty pineapple finish”.

Badsberg Wine Cellar, is on a winning streak following its recent success at the SA Young Wine Awards, and, says cellar master Willie Burger, they couldn’t be more pleased with the reinforcement of the quality message that a Trophy from the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards brings: “The winemaking team is very proud that the Badslese, a Natural Sweet Wine, is following on the success of the 2015 vintage which received a Double Gold Award from this same competition. It is a delicious, finely balanced wine with ample botrytis character from quality Chenin Blanc, and a bit of Hanepoot.”  He adds: “We are also very happy to note that red wines from the Breedekloof Valley performed really well in this annual competition, proving that wineries here have access to diverse pockets of really great vines.”

Testament to the notion that the Breedekloof Valley is also home to some of the best Chenin Blanc sites, is the fact that this variety accounts for five of the Michelangelo Awards accrued during the 2016 competition: Grand D’Or Medals were awarded to Bergsig Reserve Chenin Blanc 2015 and Daschbosch Steen 2015 with Silver awarded to Badsberg Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc 2015, Bergsig Reserve Chenin Blanc 2014 and Daschbosch Steen 2014.  

These Chenin Blancs are all bottlings made by Breedekloof Makers, a collaborative initiative which was started by a group of fellow winemakers from the Valley who craft small, boutique productions of Chenin Blanc in limited volumes. Comments Pieter Cronje, from uniWines Vineyards in Breedekloof and member of Breedekloof Makers: “We are very happy to see Chenin Blanc – and many other varieties for that matter - performing so well in this prestigious, internationally acclaimed wine competition, with so many awards made to a single, relatively small wine valley, it is safe to say that wines from the Breedekloof aren’t the best kept secrets in the wine industry any longer!”

Full results as follows:

Trophies
Garagiste Trophy: Stofberg Family Vineyards for Mia Chenin Blanc 2016
Multi Color Corporation Dessert Wine Grand Prix: Badsberg Wine Cellar for Badslese 2012

 

Platinum


Flagstone

Grand’Or Medals 

Writers Block Pinotage (origin Silkbush Mountain Vineyards)

2014

Badsberg Wine Cellar

Badsberg Cape Vintage 

2009

Bergsig Estate

Bergsig Reserve Chenin Blanc 

2015

Bergsig Estate

Bergsig Cape LBV 

2003

Deetlefs Wine Estate

Deetlefs Estate Pinotage 

2013

Du Toitskloof Wines

Pinotage 

2015

Du Toitskloof Wines

Quest Heroes Journey 1 Red Blend 

2011

Jason’s Hill Private Cellar

Jason’s Hill Cabernet Sauvignon

2015

Merwida Vineyards

Merwida Cabernet Sauvignon 

2015

Silkbush Mountain Vineyards

Viognier

2016

uniWines Vineyards

Meander Chenin Sauvignon Blanc 

2016

uniWines Vineyards

Daschbosch Steen 

2015

Gold Medals

   

Badsberg Wine Cellar

Badsberg Belladonna 

2014

Badsberg Wine Cellar

Badsberg Red Muscadel 

2003

Bergsig Estate

Bergsig Icarus 

2011

Botha Kelder

Botha Kelder Late Bottled Vintage 

2015

Botha Kelder

Botha Kelder Cabernet Sauvignon 

2012

Brëeland

Olifantsberg Shiraz 

2011

Du Toitskloof Wines

Red Muscadel 

2014

Du Toitskloof Wines

Hanepoot Jerepigo 

2014

Goudini

Sparkling Brut

 NV

Goudini

Merlot 

2015

Silkbush Mountain Vineyards

Sauvignon Blanc

2016

Slanghoek

Slanghoek Vin Doux Sparkling Wine

 NV

Slanghoek

Slanghoek Private Selection Crème de Chenin 

2014

Silver Medals

 

 

Badsberg Wine Cellar

Badsberg Chenin Blanc Barrel Fermented

2015

Badsberg Wine Cellar

Badsberg Vin Doux

2015

Badsberg Wine Cellar

Badsberg Red Jerepigo

2014

Bergsig Estate

Bergsig Reserve Chenin Blanc

2014

Bergsig Estate

Bergsig Icarus

2012

Botha Kelder

Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

2013

Brëeland

Breeland Sauvignon Blanc

2016

Deetlefs Wine Estate

Deetlefs Estate Sauvignon Blanc

2015

Du Toitskloof Wines

Merlot

2015

Du Toitskloof Wines

Cape Ruby

2010

Jason’s Hill Private Cellar

Jason’s Creek Classic Red

2015

Merwida Vineyards

Merwida Barbera

2015

Slanghoek

Slanghoek Red Muscadel

2016

Slanghoek

Slanghoek Cape Ruby

2016

Stofberg Family

Mia Pinot Noir Rosé

2016

uniWines Vineyards

Daschbosch Steen

2014

 

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