Only one Stellenbosch producer among 2013 Absa Top 10 Pinotage Competition winners – a turn-up for the books

NOTABLE ABSENTEES among the laureates in the latest shoot-out organised by South Africa’s Pinotage Association include Beyerskloof, DeWaal, Spier and Stellenzicht… Familiar faces at the podium this year included Anura, Fairview, Kanonkop, KWV, L’Avenir, Lyngrove, Môreson, Rijk’s, Simonsig and Windmeul… And the surprise newcomer among the Top 10 was Black Elephant Vintners, a Franschhoek producer making its debut with a wine called The Back Roads Pinotage!

 
Anura Pinotage Reserve 2011  Paarl
Back Roads Pinotage 2012 from Black Elephant Vintners  Franschhoek
Diemersdal Pinotage 2012  Durbanville
L’Avenir Pinotage 2011  Stellenbosch
Lyngrove Platinum Pinotage 2012  Somerset West
Manley Pinotage 2011  Tulbagh
Rijk’s Pinotage Reserve 2009  Tulbagh
Rooiberg Pinotage Reserve 2012  Robertson
Springfontein Jonathan’s Ridge Pinotage 2010  Stanford
Wildekrans Pinotage 2011  Bot River
 
RUNNERS-UP:
 
Diemersdal Pinotage Reserve 2012  Durbanville
Fairview Primo Pinotage 2011  Paarl
Kanonkop Pinotage 2010  Stellenbosch
Kanonkop Pinotage 2009  Stellenbosch
KWV The Mentors Pinotage 2011  Paarl
Môreson Pinotage 2011  Franschhoek
Simonsig Redhill Pinotage 2011  Stellenbosch
Wagenboom Pinotage 2010 from Waboomsrivier  Breedekloof
Windmeul Pinotage 2011  Paarl
Windmeul Pinotage Reserve 2012  Paarl

For more information about the competition, click here.
 

 

 
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