NEDERBURG WINE SCORES 96 POINTS

NEDERBURG WINE SCORES 96 POINTS


A Nederburg wine has earned one of the top scores on the 2011 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, with the 2008 Nederburg Eminence coming in at 96 points to take the trophy for the best unfortified dessert wine.

The only wine to earn a higher grade was the 1933 KWV Jerepigo.

Amongst the international panel of judges were Neal Martin, who tastes for eRobert Parker, Debra Meiburg MW, founding director of the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition and Thierry Desseauve, former editor of La Revue du Vin de France, France's most influential wine guide.

Nederburg also earned 10 silver medals on the show.

These went to the 2010 Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest, the same wine to win a trophy at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards in May and a gold medal at the 2011 International Wine Challenge; the 2009 Ingenuity, which is rated five stars in the 2011 Platter’s South African Wine Guide; the 2010 Winemaster’s Reserve Rhine Riesling and the 2009 Winemaster’s Reserve Merlot, as well as a selection of wines sold exclusively on the Nederburg Auction.

DATE JUNE 6, 2011
ISSUED BY DKC (DE KOCK COMMUNICATIONS)FOR NEDERBURG WINES

QUERIES LYNETTE HARRIS, NEDERBURG GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGER (021) 809 7000 or 082 4170584
GERHARD DU TOIT, NEDERBURG SA MARKETING MANAGER (021) 809 7000 or 079 456 2272
RAZVAN MACICI (021) 877 5151 or 082 785 4577
TESSA DE KOCK/MARLISE POTGIETER, DKC (021) 422 2690