For Sauvignon Blanc lovers targeting top producers on SA wine routes
BELOW are the top Sauvignon Blanc producers in South Africa over the past 10 years, those with the best track records spanning 2008 to 2017, presented according to where you’ll find their tasting rooms on the various wine routes. For the 2018 SA Sauvignon Blanc Classification, see here, and for the contact info and addresses of those outfits that can be visited and/or bought from in the beautiful Cape winelands, see here.
SA Sauvignon Blanc Champions
CAPE PENINSULA
Buitenverwachting (Constantia)
Cape Point (Noordhoek)
Groot Constantia
Klein Constantia
Steenberg (Tokai)
CAPE SOUTH COAST
Hermanuspietersfontein (Walker Bay)
Iona (Elgin)
Lomond (Cape Agulhas)
Paul Cluver (Elgin)
Strandveld (Cape Agulhas)
CEDERBERG
Cederberg Private Cellar
DURBANVILLE
D’Aria
De Grendel (Panorama)
Diemersdal
Durbanville Hills
Nitida
FRANSCHHOEK
Boschendal
Franschhoek Cellar
PAARL
Anura
KWV
Nederburg
SOMERSET WEST
Flagstone
Vergelegen
STELLENBOSCH
Delaire Graff (Helshoogte)
Eikendal (Helderberg)
Jordan (Stellenbosch Kloof)
Kleine Zalze
Reyneke (Polkadraai Hills)
Tokara (Helshoogte, Simonsberg)
• For the top Cabernet Sauvignon producers on South Africa’s wine routes, click here.
• For the top Chardonnay producers on South Africa’s various wine routes, click here.
• For the top Shiraz producers on South Africa’s various wine routes, click here.
Ghost Corner Sauvignon Blanc is from Elim grapes which are taken to the Cederberg Private Cellar, one of the Sauvignon Blanc champions above, i.e. there isn’t a wine producer called Ghost Corner. Thelema’s reds are stronger than their whites, although they are included in the SA Chardonnay Classification. Ataraxia and Newton Johnson are also better known for their Chardonnay, much more so than for their Sauvignons. And as you say, Cape Atlantic hasn’t shone for some years now. Ditto The Berrio Sauvignon Blanc.
I find it weird that Ghost Corner and Thelema are not on your list of Sauvignon Blanc champions. It would be interesting to see a list of the top 20 Savvies from the annual FNB Sauv Blanc Top 10 competition over the years 2008 to 2017. What about the likes of Ataraxia and Newton Johnson. It is really weird that David Nieuwoudt’s Cape Atlantic (11th in FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 about seven years ago) could be a lesser wine than Anura, and The Berrio Sauvignon Blanc is also not mentioned…