Prescient Sauvignon Blanc Report 2022: Top 10

Prescient Sauvignon Blanc Report 2022: Top 10

Introduction

This year’s Sauvignon Blanc Report convened by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient is now out. Entries were as follows: 94 examples of single-variety Sauvignon Blanc; 10 of single-variety Semillon and 18 Sauv-Sem blends and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a three-person panel, scoring done according to the 100-point quality scale.

Sauvignon Blanc Top 10

The 10 best are as follows:

94

Cape Point Vineyards Reserve 2020
Price: R220
Wine of Origin: Cape Town
Abv: 14%

94

Diemersdal Wild Horseshoe 2021
Price: R265
Wine of Origin: Durbanville
Abv: 13.34%

93

Buitenverwachting 2022
Price: R120
Wine of Origin: Constantia
Abv: 13.37%

93

Iona Elgin Highlands Wild Ferment 2021
Price: R240
Wine of Origin: Elgin
Abv: 13.2%

93

Kleine Zalze Family Reserve 2021
Price: R260
Wine of Origin: Western Cape
Abv: 13.66%

93

Mellish Family Vineyards Bakenkop Blanc Fumé 2020
Price: R220
Wine of Origin: Durbanville, Cape Town
Abv: 12.6%

 

93

The Smuggler’s Boot 2021 (Richard Kershaw Wines)
Price: R195
Wine of Origin: Cape South Coast
Abv: 13.37%

93

Zevenwacht 2022
Price: R105
Wine of Origin: Stellenbosch
Abv: 13.87%

93

Zorgvliet Single Vineyard 2021
Price: R130
Wine of Origin: Banghoek
Abv: 13.73%

92

Groot Constantia 2022
Price: R185
Wine of Origin: Constantia
Abv: 13.33%


Semillon Top Three

The three best are as follows:

94

Wildeberg 2021
Price: R360
Wine of Origin: Franschhoek
Abv: 13%

94

Nitida 2021
Price: R130
Wine of Origin: Durbanville, Cape Town
Abv: 14.47%

93

Benguela Cove Catalina 2019
Price: R650
Wine of Origin: Walker Bay
Abv: 13.8%


Sauv-Sem Blends Top Five

The five best are as follows:

95 – Best Overall

Kershaw GPS Series Cape South Coast
Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Price: R395
Wine of Origin: Cape South Coast
Abv: 13.22%

Winner of a new 225-litre Sylvain Blanc barrel from Tonnellerie Sylvain.

95

Wade Bales Regional Series Constantia White 2020
Price: R250
Wine of Origin: Constantia
Abv: 13.83%

94

Coterie by Wildeberg Semillon & Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Price: R295
Wine of Origin: Coastal Region
Abv: 14%

91

Constantia Glen Two 2020
Price: R295
Wine of Origin: Constantia
Abv: 14%

91

Groot Constantia Gouverneurs Reserve 2019
Price: R525
Wine of Origin: Constantia
Abv: 13.26%

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