ABSA Top 10 Pinotage Competition
The results in the 2009 Absa Top 10 Pinotage were announced yesterday.
The 2009 Absa Top 10 Pinotage wines are (in alphabetical order): Altydgedacht Pinotage 2008 (Durbanville), Beyerskloof Diesel Pinotage 2007 (Stellenbosch), Cathedral Cellar Pinotage 2006 (Coastal), Flagstone Writer's Block Pinotage 2007 (Worcester vineyards), Kanonkop Pinotage 2005 (Simonsberg-Stellenbosch), Longridge Pinotage 2007 (Stellenbosch), Lyngrove Platinum Pinotage 2007 (Stellenbosch), Onyx Pinotage 2006 (Darling), Viljoensdrift River Grandeur 2008 (Robertson) and Windmeul Reserve Pinotage 2008 (Paarl).
The judges for the 2008 Absa Top 10 Pinotage Competition were Duimpie Bayly (convener), Francois Naudé, Allan Cheesman, Neil Pendock, Wendy Burridge, Chris Roux and Gert Boerssen.
The ten runners-up out of the twenty finalists (in alphabetical order): Cathedral Cellar Pinotage 2007, DeWaal Top of the Hill Pinotage 2007, Diemersfontein Carpe Diem Pinotage 2007, Fort Simon Pinotage 2006, Kanonkop Pinotage 2006, Lesebo Pinotage 2007, Simonsig Redhill Pinotage 2007, Stellenzicht Cellarmaster's Release Pinotage 2007, The Bernard Series Bush Vine Pinotage 2007 and Wildekrans Barrel Selection Pinotage 2007.
