SA’s Most Highly Rated

2024 SA WINE CLASSIFICATION. The following are The Best of The Best South African wines over the past 10 years, i.e. the very best track records of the country’s most highly rated wines between 2014 and 2023 as reviewed by the top panels around the world. For the names of the most highly rated producers in the 2024 Top Wine SA Hall of Fame, click hereand for the full Classification with information about the selection criteria, click here.

THE BEST OF THE BEST

WHITE WINES

SA CHARDONNAY
Boschendal Elgin
Bouchard Finlayson Missionvale
Delaire Graff Banghoek Reserve
DeMorgenzon Reserve
Groot Constantia
Jordan Barrel Fermented
Jordan Nine Yards
Neil Ellis Whitehall
Oak Valley Groenlandberg
Paul Cluver Estate
Paul Cluver Seven Flags
Rustenberg Five Soldiers
Tokara Reserve Stellenbosch
Uva Mira
Uva Mira Single Tree

SA CHENIN BLANC
Beaumont Hope Marguerite
Bellingham Bernard Series Old Vine
Cederberg Five Generations
DeMorgenzon Reserve
Ken Forrester FMC
Kleine Zalze Family Reserve
Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection
KWV Mentors
Perdeberg Dry Land Old Vine
Spier 21 Gables
Stellenrust
Stellenrust Barrel Fermented
Stellenrust Old Bush Vine

SA SAUVIGNON BLANC
Delaire Graff Coastal Cuvée
Diemersdal Journal
Ghost Corner (Cederberg Cellar)
Ghost Corner Wild Ferment (Cederberg)
Kleine Zalze Family Reserve
KWV Cathedral Cellar
Paul Cluver Village
Spier 21 Gables
Stark-Condé Round Mountain
Steenberg Black Swan
Tokara Reserve Elgin

SA WHITE BLENDS
Cape Point Isliedh
Constantia Glen Two
Delaire Graff White Reserve
Durbanville Hills Tangram
Flagstone Treaty Tree Reserve
Sadie Family Palladius
Spier Creative Block 2
Stark-Condé Field Blend
Tokara Director’s Reserve
Vergelegen G.V.B

SPARKLING WINES

CAP CLASSIQUE
Babylonstoren Sprankel
Boschendal Jean le Long Blanc de Blancs
Des Dieux Claudia Brut
Desiderius Pongrácz (Heineken)
Graham Beck Blanc de Blancs
Graham Beck Cuvée Clive
Graham Beck Pinot Noir Rosé
Kleine Zalze Vintage Brut
Laborie Blanc de Blancs (KWV)
Villiera Monro Brut

RED WINES

SA CABERNET FRANC
Holden Manz Reserve
KWV Mentors
Raats Family
Rainbow’s End Limited Release
Warwick

SA CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Cederberg Five Generations
Eikendal
Kanonkop
Kleine Zalze Family Reserve
Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection
Le Riche Reserve
Nederburg Private Bin R163
Nederburg Private Bin Two Centuries
Neil Ellis Jonkershoek
Spier 21 Gables
Tokara Reserve

SA MERLOT
Shannon Mount Bullet

SA PETIT VERDOT
KWV Mentors

SA PINOT NOIR
Art of Creation
Bouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak
Bouchard Finlayson Tête de Cuvée
Crystallum Cuvée Cinéma
Elgin Vintners
La Vierge Apogée
Lothian
Newton Johnson Family Vineyards
Paul Cluver Estate
Paul Cluver Seven Flags

SA PINOTAGE
Beeslaar
Beyerskloof Diesel
Diemersdal Reserve
Flagstone Writer’s Block
Kanonkop Black Label
Kanonkop
Rijk’s Reserve
Simonsig Redhill
Spier 21 Gables
Windmeul Reserve

SA SHIRAZ/SYRAH
Alto
Babylonstoren
Bellingham Bernard Series Basket Press
Cederberg
De Grendel Elim
Driehoek
Flagstone Dark Horse
Hartenberg Stork
Kleine Zalze Family Reserve
Leeuwenkuil Heritage
Saronsberg

SA RED BLENDS
Babylonstoren Nebukadnesar
Beyerskloof Faith
Constantia Glen Five
Delaire Graff Botmaskop
KWV Mentors Orchestra
KWV Mentors Perold
Saronsberg Full Circle
Spier Creative Block 3
Spier Creative Block 5
Tokara Director’s Reserve
Uva Mira O.T.V.

SWEET WINES

SA UNFORTIFIED DESSERT
Buitenverwachting ‘1769’
Delheim Edelspatz Botrytis Riesling
Groot Constantia Grand Constance
Mullineux Olerasay Straw Wine
Mullineux Straw Wine
Nederburg Private Bin Edelkeur
Nederburg Winemasters Noble Late Harvest
Neethlingshof Maria Noble Late Harvest
Paul Cluver Riesling Noble Late Harvest
Vin de Constance (Klein Constantia)

CAPE PORT
Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve
De Krans Cape Vintage Reserve
Delaire Graff Cape Vintage
KWV Cape Tawny

 

For the full SA Wine Classification, see here.

 


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