SA Cellar Classification
• South Africa’s top wine producers over the past 10 years – the best track records from 2014 to 2023 (inclusive)
• According to the top panels – the experts’ rankings of South African wines as reviewed around the world
The SA Wine & Cellar Classifications, updated annually since 2004, are based on the top ratings by the most respected panels locally and internationally when it comes to assessing wine quality and interest value in a ‘blind tasting’ environment – the identities of the wines and their producers withheld so as to avoid positive or negative bias in terms of brand status, the origin of the grapes and the location of the cellars. For info about the top wine panels, click here, and for their latest reviews, see here.
Ratings by individual critics do not have a bearing on the Classifications, and nor to the results of certain questionable wine competitions. Depending on the number of vintages for which the wines receive top accolades and the nature of the accolades, the very best track records are highlighted in showcasing which of South Africa’s wines are most highly fancied year in and year out. (For a pdf of the full 2024 SA Wine & Cellar Classifications together with more information regarding eligibility for selection and the ranking system, click here to print or download)
The Hall of Fame includes the South African wine producers applauded for The Best of The Best in terms of the SA Wine Classification.
MOST HIGHLY RATED
SA WINE PRODUCERS
Alto – Helderberg-Stellenbosch
Babylonstoren – Simonsberg-Paarl
Beaumont – Bot River
Beeslaar – Stellenbosch
Bellingham – Franschhoek
Beyerskloof – Stellenbosch
Boplaas – Calitzdorp
Boschendal – Franschhoek
Bouchard Finlayson – Hemel-en-Aarde V
Buitenverwachting – Constantia
Cape Point Vineyards – Noordhoek
Cederberg Wines – Cederberg
Constantia Glen – Constantia
Creation – Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge
Crystallum – Bot River
De Grendel – Panorama-Durbanville
De Krans – Calitzdorp
Delaire Graff – Banghoek-Stellenbosch
Delheim – Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
DeMorgenzon – Stellenbosch Kloof
Diemersdal – Durbanville
Domaine des Dieux – Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge
Driehoek – Cederberg
Durbanville Hills – Durbanville
Eikendal – Helderberg-Stellenbosch
Elgin Vintners – Elgin
Flagstone – Somerset West/Strand
Graham Beck – Robertson
Groot Constantia – Constantia
Hartenberg – Bottelary-Stellenbosch
Heineken Beverages – Stellenbosch
Holden Manz – Franschhoek
Jordan – Stellenbosch Kloof
Kanonkop – Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
Ken Forrester – Helderberg-S’bosch
Klein Constantia – Constantia
Kleine Zalze – Stellenbosch
KWV – Paarl
La Vierge – Hemel-en Aarde Valley
Le Riche – Helderberg-Stellenbosch
Leeuwenkuil – Paarl/Swartland
Lothian – Elgin
Mullineux – Riebeek Kasteel, Swartland
Nederburg – Paarl
Neil Ellis – Helshoogte-Stellenbosch
Newton Johnson – Upper Hemel-en-Aarde
Paul Cluver – Elgin
Perdeberg – Paarl
Raats – Stellenbosch
Rainbow’s End – Banghoek-S’bosch
Rijk’s – Tulbagh
Rustenberg – Stellenbosch
Sadie Family – Paardeberg-Swartland
Saronsberg – Tulbagh
Shannon – Elgin
Simonsig – Stellenbosch
Spier – Vlottenburg-Stellenbosch
Stark-Condé – Jonkershoek-S’bosch
Steenberg – Tokai/Constantia
Stellenrust – Helderberg-Stellenbosch
Tokara – Helshoogte-Stellenbosch
Uva Mira – Helderberg-Stellenbosch
Vergelegen – Somerset West
Villiera – Stellenbosch
Warwick – Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
Windmeul – Paarl
• For more info about the top SA wine cellars, see here
