Boschendal and Paul Cluver take top trophies at IWC 2017, London

Friday, 26 May, 2017
Top Wine SA
TWENTY-THREE gold medals to South African wines with seven beauties going on to win trophies at the 2017 International Wine Challenge in London.

Some are recent vintages of wines with great track records, such as Cape Point’s flagship white blend, DeMorgenzon Reserve Chenin, Bouchard Finlayson Pinot, Stellenrust Chenin and those champions from Paul Cluver and Saronsberg that feature regularly in the SA Wine Classification, if not the Top Wine SA Hall of Fame.

It’s particularly appealing when two or more respected panels give a wine the thumbs up while it’s still on sale and even better when the news comes ahead of the release date. A case in point being an IWC gold for the Neil Ellis Jonkershoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 that top-scored in Winemag’s annual Cab report. Another being the red blend Full Circle 2015 from Saronsberg of Tulbagh that earned gold at Concours Mondial in Spain before doing it again at the IWC – Saronsberg’s 2015 Shiraz going on to win a trophy.

Recipient of the trophy for best South African white wine overall: Boschendal Elgin Chardonnay 2015. And judged best SA red wine overall: Paul Cluver Seven Flags Pinot Noir 2015. A good year indeed for the district. Talk about fulfilling its potential since the first WO Elgin wine from Paul Cluver was launched just 20 years ago.

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