2022 Winners - Top 10, Vintage, Blend and Rose

2022 Absa Top 10 Pinotage Winners

(130 entries)

Beeslaar Pinotage 2020 Stellenbosch Abrie Beeslaar

Beyerskloof Winemakers Reserve Pinotage 2018 Stellenbosch Anri Truter

Flagstone Writer’s Block Pinotage 2020 Breedekloof Gerhard Swart

Kanonkop Estate Pinotage 2019 Simonsberg-Stellenbosch Abrie Beeslaar

Neil Ellis Bottelary Hills Pinotage 2018 Bottelary Warren Ellis

Pulpit Rock Brink Family Vineyards 2019 Swartland Dewald Huisamen

Rijk’s Reserve Pinotage 2016 Tulbagh Adriaan Jacobs

Simonsig Redhill Pinotage 2019 Stellenbosch Michael Malan

Vondeling Bowwood Pinotage 2019 Voor-Paardeberg Matthew Copeland

Windmeul Reserve Pinotage 2019 Paarl Abraham van Heerden/Michael Kotze

2022 Vintage Pinotage Winners

Beyerskloof Diesel Pinotage 2011

Rijk's Reserve Pinotage 2012

Hill & Dale Pinotage 2009

Lanzerac Pinotage 2001

Neil Ellis Vineyard Selection Pinotage 2012

2022 Perold Absa Cape Blend Winners

 

Beyerskloof, Faith Cape Blend 2019

Blend              Pinotage(40)/Merlot(38)/Cabernet Sauvignon(22)

Winemaker     Anri Truter

WO                  Stellenbosch

Wine info        AV: 15.2 | RS: 3.4 | TA: 5.7 | pH: 3.65

  

Kaapzicht Wynlandgoed, Steytler Vision 2020

Blend              Pinotage(51)/Cabernet Sauvignon(48)/Merlot(1)

Winemaker     Danie Steytler

WO                  Bottelary

Wine info        AV: 14.52 | RS:2.7 | TA: 6.0 | pH: 3.66

 

KWV,            The Mentors Perold 2020

Blend              Pinotage(40)/Shiraz(30)/Cabernet Sauvignon(10)/Petite Sirah(10)/Malbec(10)

Winemaker     Izéle van Blerk

WO                  Coastal Region                                  

Wine Info        AV: 14.62 | RS: 3.3 | TA: 6.0 | pH: 3.49

           

Perdeberg Wines, Endura Winemakers Selection Cape Blend 2018

Blend              Pinotage(65)/Cabernet Sauvignon(19)/Malbec(16)

Winemaker     Albertus Louw

WO                  Coastal Region

Wine info        AV: 13.99 | RS: 4.5 | TA: 5.8 | pH: 3.50

 

Pulpit Rock Winery, Louisa Cape Red Blend 2018

Blend              Pinotage(50)/Shiraz(48)/Cabernet Sauvignon(2)

Winemaker     Dewald Huisamen

WO                  Swartland

Wine info        AV: 15.44 | RS: 3.8 | TA: 5.5 | pH: 3.72

 

Spier Wines, Creative Block 8 2017

Blend             Pinotage(36)/Cabernet Sauvignon(24)/Merlot(18)/Shiraz(18)/Cinsaut(1)/    

                       Malbec(1) / Mourvédre(1)/Petit Verdot(1)

Winemaker    Johan Jordaan

WO                  Coastal Region

Wine Info        AV: 14.52 | RS: 3.4 | TA: 5.4 | pH: 3.63

2022 Pinotage Rose Winners

Alvi's Drift, Signature Pinotage Rosé 2022

Winemaker Alvi van der Merwe | WO Western Cape | Wine Info AV: 13.42 | RS: 4.4 | TA: 6.7 | pH: 3.04

 

Bon Courage, Lady of The House Pinotage Rosé 2022

Winemaker Philip Viljoen | WO Robertson | Wine Info AV: 14.43 | RS: 3.1 | TA: 5.9 | pH: 3.44

 

Botha Kelder, Blanc de Noir

Winemaker Annamarie van Niekerk | WO Breedekloof | Wine Info AV: 12.37 | RS: 1.3 | TA: 5.4| pH: 3.37

 

Jakkalsvlei, Pinotage Rosé 2022

Winemaker Louis van der Riet | WO Western Cape | Wine Info AV: 13.65 | RS: 5.1 | TA: 6.1 | pH: 3.22

 

Landskroon, Blanc de Noir 2022

Winemaker Fanie Geyser | WO Paarl | Wine Info AV: 11.83 | RS: 6.0 | TA: 6.6 | pH: 3.18

 

Windmeul, Pinotage Rosé 2022

Winemaker Abraham van Heerden/Michael Kotzé | WO Coastal | Wine Info AV: 13.81 | RS: 3.0 | TA: 5.6 | pH: 3.59