WHETHER you’re a festival-goer, wine-router or heading to a wine shop in search of the best on offer from South Africa’s Robertson Wine Valley, this will prove useful: a checklist of every red, white, sparkling and dessert wine vintage from the district that’s got the experts on the top panels smiling big time in 2017 and 2018 to date. Ashton, Bonnievale, McGregor and Robertson. Top award winners, glowing reviews. Details of the ratings here.

 

Arabella Pinotage 2017

Bon Courage André’s Fame Colombard 2017
Bon Courage Inkará Shiraz 2015
Bon Courage Jacques Bruére Brut Reserve 2010 (MCC)
Bon Courage Noble Late Harvest 2016
Bon Courage Pepper Tree Shiraz 2016
Bon Courage Pinotage 2015
Bon Courage Red Muscadel 2017
Bon Courage Unwooded Chardonnay 2016

Bushmanspad The Menno 2015 (Red Blend)

De Wetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay 2017
De Wetshof Limestone Hill Chardonnay 2017
De Wetshof Site Chardonnay 2015

Excelsior Evanthius Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Graham Beck Brut Blanc de Blancs 2012/2013 (MCC)
Graham Beck Brut NV  (MCC)
Graham Beck Brut Rosé 2011/2012 (MCC)
Graham Beck Brut Zero 2012 (MCC)
Graham Beck Cuvée Clive 2009 (MCC)

Lord’s Brut Rosé NV  (MCC)
Lord’s Sauvignon Blanc 2017

McGregor Chardonnay 2017

Mont Blois Groot Steen Chenin Blanc 2016

Quando Mourvèdre Rosé 2017

Rietvallei JMB Cabernet Franc 2011/2015
Rietvallei Natural Unwooded Chardonnay 2017
Rietvallei Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Robertson Winery: Constitution Road Shiraz 2013/2014

Rooiberg Pinotage Rosé 2017
Rooiberg Reserve Shiraz 2016

Silverthorn Genie Rosé Brut NV  (MCC, Shiraz)
Silverthorn Green Man Brut 2011 (MCC)
Silverthorn Jewel Box 2013 (MCC)

Van Loveren African Java Pinotage 2017
Van Loveren: Christina van Loveren Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Viljoensdrift River Grandeur Single Vineyard Pinotage 2014
Viljoensdrift Villion Blanc de Blanc 2009 (MCC)

Wonderfontein: Paul René Brut 2014 (MCC)

Zandvliet Shiraz 2015

 

Or perhaps you’d prefer to focus on particular wine types or varieties, discerning as to who’s been making the right stuff most of the time for the longest time – according to the SA Wine Classification:

Top Robertson White Wine Cellars

CHARDONNAY

Bon Courage: Prestige Cuvée
De Wetshof
Kranskop
Robertson Winery: Constitution Road
Van Loveren: Christina

COLOMBAR

Bon Courage
Van Loveren

SAUVIGNON BLANC

Rietvallei
Van Loveren: Christina

Top Robertson Cap Classique Cellars

Bon Courage
Graham Beck
Silverthorn
Viljoensdrift
Weltevrede

Top Robertson Red Wine Cellars

CABERNET SAUVIGNON

Bon Courage: Inkará

PINOTAGE

Rooiberg Reserve
Viljoensdrift: River Grandeur Single Vineyard

SHIRAZ

Bon Courage: Inkará
Robertson Winery: Constitution Road
Rooiberg Reserve

RED BLENDS

Rietvallei: Estéanna
Viljoensdrift: River Grandeur Cape Blend

Top Robertson Dessert Wine Cellars

Bon Courage
Rooiberg