Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2023 | great effort, real charmer with beautiful fruitiness — 2 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2018 / butter, peat, wet earth, balanced taste — 7 years ago

Bart van Wijngaarden

8.9

High quality non-German dry Riesling. Classic profile, with hints of lime and slate. Quite refined. If this ages well, it may merit an even higher score. — 7 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

@Delectable Wine this is the 2015 Ernie Els Cape Winemakers Guild.

Our first time every at the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction and we will make sure to come back! (Tasting was on 9/28/18).

Sixteenth wine at the Friday Auction Tasting for the Cape Winemakers Guild and the fifth red wine. This is made up of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Shiraz and 10% Cinsault by Louis Strydom from the Stellenbosch region. Aged for a total of eighteen months prior to blending and bottling. Only 200 cases produced with 60 being auctioned in 2018 and 60 auctioned in 2017.

Medium to deep ruby red in appearance. Coated with dark spices and berries on the nose with a touch of gravel at the back end. Medium tannins (6.5/10) and medium plus bodied. A bit savory on the front of the palate with herbs, spices and some dried cherries. Dry and long finish. Still a very young wine that needs some age to develop. Drink till 2032.

$$ - Tasted at the Cape Winemakers Auction. Average bid at auction was R3,957.00 ($46.54 a bottle) a case. Highest bid was R5,800.00 ($68.22 a bottle) and lowest bid was R3,400.00 ($39.99 a bottle). (91+)

#ernieels #cabernetsauvignon #shiraz #stellenbosch #southafrica #cwgauction #cwg #redwine
— 8 years ago

with Sean and India

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Eleventh red wine at our annual DMV South African wine tasting. Deep and dark ruby red. Dirty cellar on the attack of the nose with dried meats, dark berries, spices and woody notes. Medium plus to heavy tannins (7.5/10) and full bodied. Love the complexity on the palate with a hint of spiciness as well as some dark sweet spices, rich cassis and burnt rubber. Long and lingering finish. Drink till 2025. — 9 years ago

with Sean and India

Peter Zandbergen

9.3

Red syrah based — 9 years ago

Rob Mayes

9.1

Marina notes on the nose. Briny salt air on palate. Black pepper. Tart cherry. Blackberry. — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2021 | orange zeste, well balanced — 3 years ago

Taavi Davies

9.0

Lovely blackcurrant nose, lots of dark fruit on the palate, fine tannins — 4 years ago

Living Jazz Archive

9.7

From NYE in Cape Town going in 2020. Truly fantastic Chenin Blanc — 7 years ago

Yury Glazkov

9.2

Striking fresh ripe black currant at the start, with dryer tobacco notes from the glass, cranberry from the close up and an amazing evolution — 8 years ago

K. E. A.

10

975 Katie and Tylee Zoodles — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.2

@Delectable Wine this is the 2012 Cape Winemakers Guild (Teddy Hall) Maria Van Swaanswijk Auction Reserve Chardonnay.


First wine for our annual DMV South Africa tasting. Medium to medium plus golden yellow. Lovely and layered nose with a chalky attack followed up by lemon zest, gravel, brioche and tropical fruit notes too. Vibrant acidity (6.5/10) and medium plus body. So smooth and rich on the attack with tropical and citrus notes with a bit of oak and creaminess as well on the palate. Long and lingering finish with minerality underneath. Needed a little bit of time in the glass to fully open up. Drink till 2022.

This is Teddy Hall's auction bottling at the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction for 2013. Made up of Chardonnay from Stellenbosch and Somerset West then aged in 100% French oak. — 9 years ago

with Sean and India

Jeffrey Vlasic

9.9

Stunning - beautiful leather notes - at its prime - a South African gem. — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2020 | a bit stinking minerality juicy with good acidity — 3 years ago

Patrick O Driscoll

9.4

@ the pencil club with friends for brunch, Black Magic a full flavoured wine with ripe plum and berry flavours, soft tannins with spicy oak. — 5 years ago

Jeff Clement

9.0

Would get again — 7 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

@Delectable Wine this is the 2013 Silverthorn Wines Cape Winemakers Guild Big Dog IV Méthode Cap Classique.

Our first time every at the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction and we will make sure to come back! (Tasting was on 9/28/18).

Second wine at the Friday Auction Tasting for the Cape Winemakers Guild and last sparkling wine. This is a sparkling wine (Methode Cap Classique) made by John Loubser from the Western Cape. Made up of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay as well as aged on the lees for 51 months before 9 more months in bottle and prior to disgorgement. Only 73 cases produced and only 42 being auctioned in 2018.

Light greenish yellow in appearance with tiny bubbles. Mute on the nose with a bit of lemon, light sweet spices, kiwi and limestone. Moderate acidity (7/10) and rich palate. Creamy mouthfeel with layers of spices, green apples, citrus fruits, white flowers and mouth watering minerality. Long and lingering finish.

$$ - Tasted at the Cape Winemakers Auction. Average bid at auction was R4,410.00 ($51.94 a bottle) a case. Highest bid was R6,200.00 ($73.02 a bottle) and lowest bid was R3,000.00 ($35.33 a bottle).

#silverthornwines #mcc #methodecapclassique #southafrica #cwgauction #sparkling
— 8 years ago

with Sean and India

Sean Ballington

9.6

I tagged the wrong wine - it should be the Kanonkop Black Label — 9 years ago

javier

9.7

Flavour, senses, spirit and passion from South Africa... you get transported.... — 9 years ago