THE 2018 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 Awards will be presented on 10 October. In the meantime, here are the Top 20 to contemplate following completion of the judging – with Kleine Zalze fielding two of the finalists!

This is the 11th edition of the competition staged by the South African wine industry’s Sauvignon Blanc Interest Group (SBIG) since the awards were first presented in 2007.

Bellingham Homestead Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R80 pb at Franschhoek Cellar

Constantia Royale Sauvignon Blanc 2018 (Nova Zonnestraal)
R100 pb, approximate retail

D’Aria Songbird Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R146 pb at the cellar door, Durbanville

Darling Cellars Reserve Bush Vine Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R43 pb at the cellar door, Darling Cellars

De Grendel Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R160 pb at the cellar door, Panorama, Durbanville Wine Route

Delaire Graff Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R140 pb at the cellar door, Helshoogte, Stellenbosch

Diemersdal Winter Ferment Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R140 pb at the cellar door, Durbanville

Flagstone Free Run Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R110 pb at the cellar door, Somerset West

Fryer’s Cove Doring Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R91 pb at the cellar door, Bamboes Bay

Hidden Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R120 pb at the cellar door in Helderberg, Stellenbosch

Iona Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R155 pb at the cellar door, Elgin

Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R101 pb at the cellar door, Stellenbosch

Marianne Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R190 pb at the cellar door, Simonsberg-Paarl

Nitida Wild Child 2017
R150 pb at the cellar door, Durbanville

Rietvallei Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R85 pb at the cellar door, Robertson

Rustenberg Stellenbosch Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R80 pb at the cellar door, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch

Strandveld Pofadderbos Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2017
R130 pb at the cellar door outside Elim, Cape Agulhas

Tokara Reserve Collection Elgin Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R140 pb at the cellar door, Helshoogte, Stellenbosch

Windmeul Sauvignon Blanc 2018
R52 pb at the cellar door, Paarl

Zalze Vineyard Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2017
Export only, from Kleine Zalze cellar, Stellenbosch