Stellenbosch Dominates With Nine Wines In The Top 10 Cabernet Sauvignon Report

This year’s Cabernet Sauvignon Report sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient attracted 86 entries received from 71 producers and these were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by a three-person panel, scoring done according to the 100-point quality scale.

The Top 10 Emerged As Follows:

94-points
Brampton Roxton Black 2017

Neil Ellis Stellenbosch 2019

Warwick The Blue Lady 2017

Rust en Vrede Single Vineyard 2018

93-points
Kruger Family Reserve 2018 (Stellenview Premium Wines)

Paserene Midnight 2019

Stark-Condé Stellenbosch 2018

Stellenbosch 1679 2018 (Koelenhof)

Vergelegen Reserve 2015

Zorgvliet 2018

It was an extraordinary showing from Stellenbosch with nine of the Top 10 from this district, the only exception being Paserene Midnight 2019, consisting of 50% Elgin and 50% Tulbagh fruit.

“This is the 10th annual CabSauv Report and the category seems to be in a great space right now – the wines show the sort of fruit definition that was rare a decade ago but producers are also managing to retain finesse and complexity,” says Christian Eedes, panel chairman and Winemag.co.za editor.

Read the report in full