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The Best White Wines of 2020 By Christian Eedes, 7 December 2020

The Best White Wines of 2020 By Christian Eedes, 7 December 2020

The Giant Periwinkle

The Best White Wines of 2020 By Christian Eedes, 7 December 2020

We are proud to have secured the Number 2 spot for the 2019 Giant Perwinkle Blanc Fume in the Winemag - Prescient Best Wooded Sauvignon Blanc awards.

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Winemag.co.za reviewed a total of 927 wines across 20 categories in its various reports sponsored by multinational financial services company Prescient over the course of the year.

Each report was based on the outcome of a blind tasting of wines entered within the specific category.

A Top 10 was then announced with the release of each successive report. Now the individual best wine per category plus ratings on the 100-point quality scale for all the Top 10 wines can be revealed.

 
In the SAUVIGNON BLANC - WOODED category the TOP 10 with their scores are:

MULDERBOSCH - BEST IN
CATEGORY  94 points
2019 | R100

THE GIANT PERIWINKLE 93 points
BLANC FUMÉ 2019 | R200

LE BONHEUR 92 points
BLANC FUMÉ 2019 | R300

STARK-CONDÉ 92 points
ROUND MOUNTAIN 2019 | R195

CAPE POINT VINEYARDS 92 points
RESERVE 2019 | R210

DA HANEKOM FAMILIE WYNE 92 points
KLIPMUUR 2018 | R185

IONA 92 points
ELGIN HIGHLANDS WILD FERMENT
2019 | R195

BENGUELA COVE 91 points
ESTATE 2019 | R170

GROOTE POST 91 points
SEASALTER 2020 | R151

LE BONHEUR 91 points
THE WEATHER BLOCKS 2020 | R100

Source: https://giantperiwinkle.co.za/

The Best White Wines of 2020 By Christian Eedes, 7 December 2020

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