NEDERBURG SUCCESSES IN 2009
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Nederburg began the year with a flying start, winning three gold medals
on the Berliner Wein Trophy show that drew over 3 000 entries worldwide. The
three red wines to come home with gold medals on the OIV (Organisation
Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin)-accredited show in Germany were all from
the 2007 vintage – the Manor House Shiraz and Manor House Cabernet Sauvignon,
as well as the Winemaster’s Reserve Pinotage.
For the second consecutive year, Nederburg was voted the most successful
producer on the highly prestigious Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, coming out
ahead of Kleine Zalze, in second position and Fleur du Cap and Vergelegen in
joint third place.
The winery brought home three trophies, a gold, seven silver medals and
a total of 21 accolades in all.
Nederburg won the Fairbairn Capital Trophy for most successful producer,
the trophy for best noble late harvest dessert wine, earned by the 2007 Noble
Late Harvest, and the trophy for best natural sweet wine, taken by the 2008
Private Bin Eminence. The gold was earned by the 2008 Noble Late Harvest, while
the silvers went to the 2008 Ingenuity White, the 2005 Private Bin Edelkeur ,
the 2006 Private Bin Shiraz R121, both the 2007 and 2008 vintages of the Winemaster’s Reserve Chenin Blanc, the 2008
Winemaster’s Reserve Rhine Riesling and the 2007 Winemaster’s Reserve Shiraz.
In the same week that Nederburg emerged as the most successful producer
on the 2009 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, the winery was voted top of the list
in the 2009 Syrah du Monde. The highest
scoring wine on the event, held in Ampuis, France, was Nederburg’s 2006 vintage
of the Private Bin R121 Shiraz, made for sale exclusively on the Nederburg Auction.
The wine was one of only two from South Africa on the top ten list, dominated
by the French. Close on 400 wines from
27 countries were tasted with just 35 gold medals awarded.
The winery earned three silver medals on the 2009 Decanter’s World Wine Awards for its 2007 Manor House Shiraz and
2008 Manor House Chardonnay as well as for its standard tier Winemaster’s
Reserve Sauvignon Blanc.
Nederburg was the only South African winery and also the only New World
contestant to achieve a place amongst the top ten wines in the 2009 Muscats du
Monde. The 2007 Private Bin Eminence,
which won gold, was featured along with wines from Spain, France and Portugal.
The wine went on to win a double gold at the 2009 Michelangelo Wine Awards in
September.
In August
Nederburg’s 2008 Winemaster’s Reserve 2008 Noble Late Harvest won both the
international and the South African late harvest trophies at the 2009
International Wine Challenge in London.
The same wine, that earned double gold on the Michelangelo International
Wine Awards in September and gold on Veritas this year, also bagged a five-star
rating in the 2010 Platter’s South
African Wine Guide, as did the 2008 Ingenuity White, following on the
success of the 2007 vintage of the flagship white blend which was rated five
stars in the 2009 issue of the guide.
The third double-gold winner at this year’s Michelangelo Awards was the
2007 vintage of the D270 Chardonnay and Eminence. The winery also earned six
gold and nine silvers on the event.
Nederburg came second at the 2009 Veritas Awards, earning two double
golds and five golds. year. The double golds went to the 2007 vintages of the
winery’s Private Bin R181 Merlot and Private Bin Semillon Noble Late
Harvest. In addition to the 2008
Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest, other Veritas golds this year were the
2007 Private Bin R121 Shiraz, the 2008 Private Bin Eminence, and the 2008
vintages of Private Bin wines, D252 Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon and the D234
Sauvignon Blanc.
Nederburg also brought home ten silver medals, including for the 2008
Ingenuity White, ranked five stars in Platter and for the 2008 Winemaster’s
Reserve Special Late Harvest.
To crown the year’s
achievements, Nederburg was chosen as the South African wine producer of the
year at the 2009 International Wine & Spirits Competition in London,
winning 11 best-in-class scores. A gold
medal and top marks went to the 2007 vintage of Edelkeur. The other
best-in-class wines were all awarded silver medals. They included the 2008 Foundation Chardonnay/Viognier,
the 2008 Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest (that carries a Platter
five-star rating and won two trophies at the 2009 International WINE Challenge); the 2007 Manor House
Cabernet Sauvignon; the 2008 Manor House Sauvignon Blanc; the 2006 Ingenuity
Red; the 2008 Ingenuity White (also a five-star Platter wine); and seven
Nederburg Auction wines: the 2007 Eminence, the 2006 vintages of both the
Private Bin R163 Cabernet Sauvignon and R172 Pinotage and the 2007 vintages of
the Private Bin R121 Shiraz, R181
Merlot, R103 Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz and R109 Cabernet/Merlot.
NEDERBURG SUCCESSES IN 2010
Nederburg won its first gold medal of the year at the 2010 Berliner Wein
Trophy Awards for a 2009 Foundation tier Cabernet Sauvignon.
At the 2010 International Wine Challenge (IWC) in London, the 2009
vintage of Nederburg Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest earned a gold
medal and four silvers for the 2007 and 2008 vintages of Edelkeur as well as
for the 2007 and 2008 vintages of Eminence.
Nederburg won two
gold and four silver awards at the 2010 Decanter’s
World Wine Awards in London. The
golds were for the 2006 vintage of two wines sold exclusively on the Nederburg
Auction, the Private Bin R121 Shiraz and the Private Bin R163 Cabernet
Sauvignon. Silvers went to the 2009
Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest, the 2007 Ingenuity Red, a blend of
Sangiovese, Barbera and Nebbiolo and to both the 2007 and 2008 vintages of
Nederburg’s signature dessert wine, Edelkeur, sold exclusively on the Nederburg
Auction.
The winery earned two silver medals on the 2010 Old Mutual Trophy Wine
Show for its 2009 Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest and for auction wine
2009 Private Bin D253, a blend of Sauvignon blanc and Chardonnay.
Earning the highest ranking amongst the top ten participants at the 2010
Muscats du Monde was the 2007 Private Bin Eminence, also one of only two Grand
d’Or winners. The 2009 vintage of Eminence took gold on the event and was one
of only three South African gold medalists.
Nederburg emerged as the top performer in this year’s Muscats du Monde
held in Frontignan-la-Peyrade in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France and
involving 55 international judges.
Earning the highest ranking amongst the top ten participants was the
2007 Private Bin Eminence, also one of only two Grand d’Or winners on the
competition that drew over 200 specialty entries from 23 countries around the
world. The 2009 vintage of Eminence took
gold on the event and was one of only three South African gold medalists.
Nederburg also won the Western Cape Botrytis trophy at the 2010
International Wine Challenge (IWC) in London for the 2009 vintage of its
popular dessert wine, the Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest, also a gold
medalist on the show. The news was followed by a slew of citations at this
year’s Michelangelo International Wine Awards of South Africa, when the winery
earned a Grand d’Or, six gold and ten silver medals.
This year’s Michelangelo golds went to the 2008 Winemaster’s Reserve
Shiraz, as well as to a selection of wines sold exclusively on the Nederburg
Auction. These were the 2008 vintage of the Eminence, the 2006 Private Bin
Merlot 181, the 2007 Private Bin R109 Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, the 2009
Private Bin D253 Sauvignon Blanc/Chardonnay and the 2007 Private Bin R104 Petit
Verdot.
Of the ten silvers, eight were for Private Bin auction wines. The other two were for the 2010 vintages of
the specialty Manor House Sauvignon Blanc and the popular Winemaster’s Reserve
Special Late Harvest.
Nederburg’s 2009 Winemaster’s Reserve Sauvignon Blanc was chosen by the
highly influential Wine Enthusiast
for its list of Top 100 Best Wine Buys for 2010. The list will be featured in the November
issue of the American magazine that claims to be the world’s largest periodical
devoted exclusively to wine and spirits.
Nederburg was awarded 43 medals, including three double golds and four
golds, at the 2010 Veritas Awards, claiming second place overall for the second
consecutive year.
Nederburg’s wines and its potstill brandy claimed space in the
limelight. Its 1977 Edelkeur, 2003 Private Bin D266 Sémillon and 2008 Private
Bin Eminence won double gold medals.
Gold medals were awarded to its 2010 Private Bin D234 Sauvignon Blanc,
2009 Private Bin D252 Sauvignon Blanc/Sémillon and its 2009 Private Bin
Eminence.
Nederburg Solera Potstill Brandy was also awarded a gold medal. This
year brandy was invited to join the proud Veritas tradition along with the
almost 1 700 wines entered by about 300 producers.
Nederburg was chosen as the Winery of the Year in the Platter South African Wine Guide, with
an unprecedented five of its wines across the multi-tiered range earning
five-star ratings in the 2011 edition.
The accolade, that the guide calls its “Super Award”, is given “in
recognition of a winegrowing team, who in the opinion of the editor, are
ambassadors par excellence for South African wine”.
In addition to its quintet of five-star wines, Nederburg also produced Platter’s best overall value and
easy-drinking, “Superquaffer of the Year”, underscoring the Paarl producer’s
versatility in catering to a broad spectrum of winelovers.
The five-star wines are:
- 2009 Ingenuity White, the third vintage in
succession to earn a Platter
five-star rating
- 2007 Ingenuity Red, Nederburg’s Italian blend
- 2009 Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest
- 2009 Edelkeur sold exclusively on the
Nederburg Auction
- 2009 Private Bin D253 Sauvignon
Blanc/Chardonnay, also sold exclusively on the Nederburg Auction.
Nederburg’s hugely
popular 2010 Foundation Lyric is Platter’s
“Superquaffer”.
