At the prestigious 2024 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Competition, Durbanville Hills was awarded as the Top Producer, achieving trophies for the best Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux Red Blend and White Blend, two double awards and seven gold awards.
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Now in its 28th edition, this year’s competition saw a whopping 1 555 entries – 1 388 wines and 167 spirits – representing seven countries, with fierce competition, particularly in the Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon categories.
The Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Competition is Africa’s largest wine and spirits competition, with judges hand-picked from five continents – 17 international and seven South African experts – scoring the wines according to the 100-point scale.
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Durbanville Hills’ results:
Trophies
- Kuehne & Nagel Top Producer Trophy
- FlySafair Cabernet Sauvignon Trophy – Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve The Castle of Good Hope Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
- Kuehne & Nagel Bordeaux Blend Trophy – Durbanville Hills The Tangram Red Blend 2020
- FlySafair White Blend Trophy – Durbanville Hills The Tangram White Blend 2022
Double gold
- Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot 2021
- Durbanville Hills Signature Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Gold
- Durbanville Hills Barrel Finished Merlot Potstill Brandy 2012
- Durbanville Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
- Durbanville Hills Collectors Reseve The Cableway Chardonnay 2023
- Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve The Cape Garden Chenin Blanc 2023
- Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve The Cape Garden Chenin Blanc 2022
- Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve The Cape Mist Sauvignon Blanc 2023
- Durbanville Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2024
According to Durbanville Hills, their winemaking team is overjoyed by the cool climate area of the Durbanville ward, yet again delivering exceptional wines worthy of being centre stage.
Most of the winning wines were made by the late Martin Moore and his trusted two winemakers, Kobus Gerber and Wilhelm Coetzee, the winery commented, adding that the win forms a tribute to his impact on winemaking in the Durbanville area.
‘Martin had an innate sense of the unique terroir of the hills and valleys of the area, and to see several winning wines, especially Sauvignon – his favourite cultivar – performing incredibly well, significantly across three wine ranges, from the small boutique production of the Tangram to the highly popular Sauvignon Blanc, is heartwarming,’ said Durbanville Hills Managing Director Albert Gerber.
‘Sauvignon Blanc is a rather distinctive cultivar with its fresh acidity and aromatic flavour profile. This particular varietal thrives in the cool climate location of the Durbanville ward where the vines are situated only ten kilometres from the ocean and cooled by the south-easterly breexes blowing in from nearby False Bay and the westerly breezes blowing in over the cold Atlantic Ocean from Table Bay,’ explains Gerber.
‘It’s incredible to honour Martin in this way, but at the same time we celebrate the influence and contribution of the two newcomers to the winemaking team, namely Pieter-Niel Rossouw (Cellar Master) and Tammy Claasen (Winemaker),’ he adds.
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