My WEAKNESS - MASTER OF WINE Blind Tastes SOUTH AFRICAN Wines

My WEAKNESS - MASTER OF WINE Blind Tastes SOUTH AFRICAN Wines

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I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Veritas Champagne

I have tasted the following wines in this Video:

2018 Credo Chenin Blanc Quattuor

2020 Kloof Street Chenin Blanc Mullineux

2020 Hamilton Russell Vineyards Chardonnay 

2018 Nederburg Manor House Cabernet Sauvignon 

2019 Boekenhoutskloof The Chocolate Block 

2018 Kanonkop Pinotage Stellenbosch 

In one of my previous blind tasting videos, I mentioned that South Africa is one of my weak spots when it comes to blind tastings… No surprise that you overwhelmingly voted for South Africa when I asked you which country I should cover next. South Africa’s history is very interesting: Even though it is considered New World it started producing wine in the second half of the 17th century and the sweet wine from the Constantia winery became more famous than the great wines from Europe.

Issues with Phylloxera and a focus on quantity over quality led to a decline of the industry that was only reversed at the end of the 20th century. Today South Africa has 92.000 ha of vineyards, less than Germany and most of the wine regions are very close to the Atlantic and Indian oceans – so there is a cooling influence coming from these bodies of water. This is why it is possible to grow cool-climate grape varieties such as Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir. Chenin Blanc – also known as Steen – is the most widely planted grape and South Africa is the leading producer of wines from this grape. The Sauvignons, Chardonnays, and Pinots are also very widely distributed.