The Best Scoring Sweet Wines In South Africa

Winemag’s inaugural Sweet Wine Report is now out, the focus being on 1) Natural Sweet; 2) Noble Late Harvest; 3) Straw Wine; 4) Hanepoot and 5) Muscadel.

Wines were tasted blind (labels out of sight) by the three-person panel, scoring done according to the 100-point quality scale.

Wines to rate 90 or higher were as follows:

Natural Sweet
92

Dornier Froschkönig Chenin Blanc 2016

91
Glen Carlou The Welder Chenin Blanc 2016

90
Thelema Vin De Hel Muscat Late Harvest 2015
Thelema Semillon Late Harvest 2014

Noble Late Harvest
93

Buitenverwachting 1769 2015

92
Doisy Daëne Barsac 2015
Joostenberg Chenin Blanc 2017

91
GlenWood Grand Duc Noblesse NV
Nederburg Winemasters 2017

90
Delaire Graff Sunburst 2015
GlenWood Grand Duc Noblesse 2014
Lourensford Limited Release 2014
Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc 2014
Neetlingshof The Short Story Collection Maria 2017

Straw
91

Orange River Cellars 2017

90
Boplaas Ouma Cloete 2016
Meinert Semillon 2014
Orange River Cellars 2016

Hanepoot
92

Daschbosch 2015

90
Boplaas The 1932 Block 2015

Muscadel
92

Nuy Rooi Muskadel 2010

91
Boplaas Heritage Collection 2013
Nuy Barbieri Idro Rooit Muskadel 2013
Orange River Cellars Red 2017
Rooiberg Red 2016

90
Allesverloren Red 2018
Orange River Cellars White 2017

To read the tasting report in full, download the following: Sweet Wine Report 2018