{"id":497,"date":"2008-11-15T00:20:38","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T22:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=497"},"modified":"2008-11-15T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T22:24:08","slug":"platter-picks-prime-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/platter-picks-prime-wines\/","title":{"rendered":"Platter picks prime wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The 2009 Platter Wine Guide has been released, and its record 33 five-star wines were announced earlier this week.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kanonkop scooped the prestigious honour of being recognised as the best wine as well as best winery.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only Boekenhoutskloof and De Trafford\u00a0had two five-star wines in the top wine list.<\/p>\n

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Wine of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 2004<\/p>\n

Winery of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kanonkop<\/p>\n

Chenin Blanc<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ken Forrester The FMC 2006<\/p>\n

Chardonnay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ataraxia 2007
\nJordan CWG Auction Reserve 2006
\nUva Mira Single Vineyard 2007<\/p>\n

Sauvignon Blanc<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quoin Rock The Nicobar 2007<\/p>\n

Semillon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Constantia Uitsig 2007<\/p>\n

White Blends<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cape Point Vineyards Isliedh 2007
\nNederburg Ingenuity White 2007
\nSterhuis Astra White 2006
\nTokara White 2007<\/p>\n

Pinot Noir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meerlust 2004<\/p>\n

Cabernet Franc<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buitenverwachting 2005<\/p>\n

Cabernet Sauvignon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boekenhoutskloof Winery 2006
\nKanonkop 2004
\nThelema The Mint 2006<\/p>\n

Pinotage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simonsig Redhill 2006<\/p>\n

Red Blends<\/strong><\/p>\n

De Toren Fusion V 2006
\nDe Trafford CWG Perspective 2005
\nKaapzicht Steytler Vision 2005
\nMorgenster 2005
\nVilafont\u00c3\u00a9 Series C 2006
\nWaterford Estate \u00e2\u20ac\u201c CWG Auction Reserve 2004<\/p>\n

Shiraz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boekenhoutskloof Syrah 2006
\nDe Trafford 2006
\nEagle’s Nest 2006
\nHartenberg The Stork 2005
\nSignal Hill Clos d’Oranje 2006<\/p>\n

Dessert Wine Unfortified<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fleur du Cap \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Noble Late Harvest 2007
\nKlein Constantia Estate \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rhine Riesling Natural Sweet 2006
\nTulbagh Mountain Vineyards Vin Pi Two (NV)<\/p>\n

Dessert Wine Fortified<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mons Ruber Estate Muscat d’Alexandrie Jerepigo 1997<\/p>\n

Port<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boplaas Vintage Reserve 2006
\nDe Krans Vintage Reserve 2006<\/p>\n

Franschhoek La Vigne winemaker Ossie Sauermann has been announced as 2008 Diner’s Club Young Winemaker of the Year.\u00a0\u00a0 Last year Marc Kent of Boekenhoutskloof was selected as the Winemaker of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2009 Platter Wine Guide has been released, and its record 33 five-star wines were announced earlier this week.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kanonkop scooped the prestigious honour of being recognised as the best wine as well as best winery.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only Boekenhoutskloof and De Trafford\u00a0had two five-star wines in the top wine list. \u00a0 Wine of the Year Kanonkop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,19],"tags":[394,389,416,402,424,425,398,421,420,225,417,404,392,427,418,409,412,32369,410,395,405,391,393,413,419,390,401,415,406,399,429,426,387,428,397,422,423,145,411,230,400,403,59,414,396,407,408,388],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t