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30 September 2024

WoTM - Mhudi Pinotage 2020

 


My Wine of The Month for September is Mhudi Pinotage 2020, WO Coastal Region


Time flies - it was in 2008 that I visited the Rangakas at Mhudi and almost as long as I've tasted their Pinotage.


Thanks to The Wine Society now I again can. The first thing that struck me, after the £17.50 price, was its heavy bottle with deep punt, and DIAM cork.

Dark colour, berry flavours with plums to the fore and a really silky mouthfeel. A delicious wine.


Read about my visit to Mhudi here



I didn't notice chocolate on the nose


29 September 2024

Pinotage Winners 2024



Winners of the Pinotage Top 10, Cape Blend and Rose competitions 2024 are:

Perold Absa Pinotage Top 10 Awards

Winners

  • Beeslaar Wines - Beeslaar Pinotage 2022 (WO: Stellenbosch), Abrie Beeslaar
  • Beyerskloof Wines - Beyerskloof Winemakers Reserve Pinotage 2022 (WO: Stellenbosch), Anri Truter
  • Diemersdal Wine Estate - Diemersdal Pinotage Reserve 2022 (WO: Durbanville),Thys Louw, Juandre Bruwer
  • Flagstone Winery - Flagstone Writer's Block Pinotage 2021 (WO: Swartland), Gerhard Swart
  • Francois van Niekerk Wines - Francois van Niekerk Pinotage 2022 (WO: Coastal), Francois van Niekerk
  • Kanonkop Wine Estate - Kanonkop Pinotage 2018 (WO: Simonsberg – Stellenbosch), Abrie Beeslaar
  • Koelenhof Cellar - Stellenbosch 1679 Old Vine Pinotage 2022 (WO: Stellenbosch), Nicholas Husselman, Handre Visagie
  • Rijk's Cellar - Rijk's Private Cellar Pinotage 2020 (WO: Tulbagh), Adriaan Jacobs
  • Wellington Wines - La Cave Pinotage 2022 (WO: Wellington), Daniel Slabber
  • Windmeul Cellar - Windmeul The Legend Collection Pinotage 2022 (WO: Paarl), Abraham van Heerde

Runners-up


  • Beeslaar Wines - Beeslaar Pinotage 2021
  • Bellingham - The Bernard Series Bushvine Pinotage 2021
  • Beyerskloof Wines Beyerskloof Diesel Pinotage 2021
  • Diemersdal Wine Estate - Diemersdal Pinotage Reserve 2023
  • Durbanville Hills - Collectors Reserve The Promenade Pinotage 2022
  • Flagstone Winery - Flagstone Truth Tree Pinotage 2021
  • Glen Carlou Vineyards - The Glen Carlou Collection Pinotage 2022
  • KWV - The Mentors Pinotage 2020
  • Raka Wines - Raka Pinotage 2022
  • Windmeul Cellar - Windmeul Reserve Pinotage 2021

Perold Absa Cape Blend Awards

Winners

  • Bellevue Wine Estate - Bellevue Atticus Cape Blend, 2022, WO Bottelary, Winemaker Wilhelm Kritzinger.
  • Fuselage Wines - Fuselage Wines Pilot & Navigator, 2021 , WO Paarl, Winemaker Danie Morkel.
  • Koelenhof Wynkelder - Koelenbosch Nineteenfortyone, 2022, WO Stellenbosch, Winemaker Handré Visagie & Nicholas Husselman.
  • Rooiberg Winery - Rooiberg Winery Reserve Cape Blend, 2022, WO Robertson, Winemaker JJ Simonis.
  • uniWines Vineyards - Daschbosch The Gift, 2020, WO Breedekloof, Winemaker WS Visagie.
  • Warwick Wine Estate - Warwick Three Cape Ladies Cape Blend, 2021, WO Stellenbosch, Winemaker JD Pretorius.

Runners-up

Beyerskloof - Beyerskloof Traildust, 2022, WO Stellenbosch, Winemaker Anri Truter.
Beyerskloof - Beyerskloof Faith Cape Blend, 2021, WO Stellenbosch, Winemaker Anri Truter.
L'Avenir Wine Estate - L'Avenir Stellenbosch Classic Cape Blend, 2020, WO Stellenbosch, Winemaker Dirk Coetzee.
Truter Family Wines - Truter Family Wines Agaat John David, 2022, WO Western Cape, Winemaker Hugo Truter.

Pinotage Rosé Awards

Winners

  • Aaldering Vineyards - Aaldering Pinotage Rosé, 2024, WO Stellenbosch, Winemaker Jaco Parson.
  • Bon Courage Estate - Bon Courage Lady of the House Pinotage Rosé, 2024, WO Robertson, Winemaker Philip Viljoen.
  • De Grendel Wines - De Grendel Rosé, 2024, WO Coastal Region, Winemakers Morgan Steyn & Charles Hopkins.
  • Deetlefs Wines - Deetlefs Stonecross Pinotage Rosé, 2024, WO Western Cape, Winemaker Philip Deetlefs.
  • L'Avenir Wine Estate - L'Avenir Horizon Rosé de Pinotage, 2024, WO Stellenbosch, Winemaker Dirk Coetzee.
  • Painted Wolf Wines - Painted Wolf The Den Pinotage Rosé, 2024, WO Coastal Region, Winemakers Jeremy Borg & Madre van der Walt.