Constantia's Glen's Sauvignon Blanc wins best white wine in SA.
Constantia Glen estate in Cape Town has triumphed at the 2019 International Wine Challenge in London having it’s Sauvignon Blanc declared “South Africa’s best white wine” overall and the “top Sauvignon Blanc”. The two trophies were awarded after the wine scored 96/100. Judges described it as being, “breezy, stony but succulent”, and said that showcases “a disciplined and deep core and intricate aromatics of flint and Cape gooseberry”.
“2018 was a particularly cool vintage with a very long and slow ripening period for our Sauvignon blanc vines. It was the latest we have ever picked Sauvignon from our vineyards. This allowed for good concentration of flavour coupled with phenomenal acidity in the grapes, resulting in a punchy, zesty and vibrant wine despite the severe drought that Cape Town suffered during the 2018 season,” Van Wyk explains. I did not do anything differently in this season compared to other vintages.
Van Wyk describes the wine itself as being “distinctly Constantia” and says it “exemplifies elegance, finesse and freshness without being lean, but instead quite rich and textured”. He says that he personally finds it pairs beautifully with a beetroot and goats cheese salad, “or even simpler, with crottin goats cheese on Melba toast”.
” Over the course of making the 2018 we learnt to focus firstly on our picking dates. We looked to pick the Sauvignon Blanc at the optimal ripeness level, even if that meant picking small pockets within the same vineyard block at different times, something we repeated for the 2019,” he says.
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