{"id":74004,"date":"2015-10-28T19:42:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T17:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=74004"},"modified":"2015-10-29T00:49:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T22:49:59","slug":"sa-chardonnays-are-world-class-says-prescient-chardonnay-report-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/sa-chardonnays-are-world-class-says-prescient-chardonnay-report-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Chardonnays are world class, says Prescient Chardonnay Report 2015!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/a>The judges for the Prescient Chardonnay Report 2015 found that the sixty Chardonnays that they evaluated were so superb, that they acknowledged all 29 wines that scored 90 and more points.<\/p>\n

The 5th Chardonnay Report 90+ score winners event was held at MOMA on Buitengracht Street, a spacious if not noisy gallery filled with works of art, forming the background. Jacqueline Lahoud of Winemag.co.za welcomed the guests, a mix of winemakers and writers. She announced that, with the permission of their sponsor Prescient, they had agreed to recognize all outstanding top 29 Chardonnays, the bulk of which were 2014 vintages. She said that everyone who was present were passionate about wines. She thanked the judges Christian Eedes, with Roland Peens and James Pietersen of Wine Cellar. She also congratulated her business partner Christian on their first anniversary of Winemag.co.za<\/p>\n

Craig Mockford from Prescient, a multinational financial services \"image\"<\/a>
\nprovider, said it was the first time that his company has sponsored a wine competition, and he hoped that they could broaden their client base. He said that Chardonnay is the ‘liquid gold of wines’<\/em>, and expressed his personal love for\u00a0Chardonnay.<\/p>\n

Christian said that participation was by invitation, and sixty wines were selected. He said that they were blown away by the Chardonnays they tasted, saying that the category ‘has never looked better’<\/em>. It is a \"image\"<\/a>strong category, and he said that our country’s Chardonnay is ‘world class’<\/em>! Christian said that for many winemakers 2014 was a difficult vintage, but for Chardonnay it was outstanding! Chardonnay represents the seventh most planted variety, making up 7% of our country’s vineyards.<\/p>\n

Public tastings of the top\u00a0Chardonnays will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel Gautrain in Johannesburg on 4 November, and in Cape Town at the Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront on 11 November. The 29 Top Chardonnays\u00a0scoring 90 and more points are the following:<\/p>\n

94 points<\/strong>: Eikendal 2014, Groot\u00a0Constantia 2014, KWV The Mentors \"image\"<\/a>2013, Paul Cluver Estate 2014, Paul Cluver Seven Flags 2014, Richard Kershaw Elgin \"image\"<\/a>Clonal\u00a0Selection 2014, Sumaridge 2013, and Uva Mira The Single Tree 2014. Four of these wines used grapes from Elgin.<\/p>\n

93 points<\/strong>: Stellenrust Barrel Fermented 2014, Uva Mira The Mira 2014<\/p>\n

92 points<\/strong>: Evidence 2014, Hamilton Russell Vineyards 2014, Hartenberg 2013, Newton Johnson Southend\u00a02014, Oak Valley Elgin 2014, Tokara Reserve Collection Stellenbosch 2014, Vergelegen \"image\"<\/a>Reserve 2014<\/p>\n

91 points<\/strong>: Chamonix 2014, Iona Elgin 2014, M\u00f4reson Mercator Premium 2014, Radford Dale 2013, Vriesenhof 2014, Warwick White Lady 2014<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a>90 points<\/strong>: Ataraxia 2013, Bartinney 2014, Buitenverwachting 2014, DeMorgenzon Reserve 2014, Mulderbosch 2014, Rustenberg Five Soldiers 2013.<\/p>\n

Prescient Chardonnay Report 2015<\/strong>, www.winemag.co.za<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Twitter: @Winemag<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com\/blog<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 Tel 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@WhaleCottage \u00a0<\/strong>Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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