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Top SA Chardonnay Report released

Cape Town - Wines from the Stellenbosch district dominated the 2014 Christian Eedes Chardonnay Report – with seven out of the Top 10 hailing from this region.

Wine critic Eedes revealed his fourth report - produced in conjunction with Sanlam Private Wealth - at Thornton Whites on the Foreshore in Cape Town on Friday.

The report aims to celebrate the top-end of what Eedes has described as "the wine with a universal following – arguably the best dry white wine in the world’.

“After four years, the question has to be asked: Are we any closer to mapping South Africa’s best terroir for Chardonnay?,” is a key point of debate in the report.

Traditionally, the Elgin district and the wards of Hemel-en-Aarde are well-known for being Chardonnay country so Stellenbosch’s dominance this year was an interesting development.

A total of 60 wines were tasted and judged by a panel led by Eedes and including renowned tasters Roland Peens and James Pietersen from Wine Cellar.

The Chardonnay Report also aims to establish a recognised benchmark for the fourth most planted white variety in South Africa.

Four of the producers with wines in this year’s top 10 have achieved success consistently – Uva Mira, Hartenberg, Haskell Anvil and Paul Cluver – indicating that a benchmark is now being set by these leading producers.

The Christian Eedes Top Ten Chardonnay wines for 2014 are:
 
Five stars
 
- Hartenberg The Eleanor 2012;
 
- Uva Mira 2013.

Four and a half stars:
 
- Chamonix Reserve 2013;
 
- Eikendal 2013;
 
- Grand Vin de Glenelly 2013;
 
- Haskell Anvil 2012;
 
- Longridge 2013;

- Newton Johnson Southend 2013;
 
- Paul Cluver 2013;
 
- Stellenrust Barrel Fermented 2013.

- Fin24

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