VERITAS 2018

THE MEDALISTS 6

THE MEDALISTS

The Veritas Awards, South Africa’s premier wine and brandy competition, attracted 1 677 medal contenders this year. An authoritative jury, comprising six international and 100 local specialists, scrutinized candidates for Veritas fame during a marathon five-day blind tasting session. The six most keenly contested categories in terms of entries received, were: Red Blends (228), Sauvignon Blanc (185), Shiraz (157), Cabernet Sauvignon (142), Chenin Blanc (128) and Chardonnay (112). A total of 24 brandies were entered in three categories: Standard, Potstill and Vintage. In total, 1 499 medals were awarded – 50 double gold, 219 gold, 671 silver and 559 bronze. Top scorers in the Double Gold medal stakes for Wine were Cabernet Sauvignon (3), MCC (3), Sauvignon Blanc (3), Museum Noble Late Harvest (2), Other Red Blends (2), Shiraz (2), White Blends (wooded) (2), Bordeaux Style (1), Cape Blend (1), Chenin Blanc (1), Chenin Blanc (wooded) (1), Colombar (1), Museum MCC (1), Museum Red Wine (1), Museum White Wine (1), Other Red Cultivars (1), Straw Wine (1). Double golds for Fortified wines were Cape Ruby/Tawny/Vintage with 4 awards, Red Muscadel (3), White Muscadel (2), Dessert Wine (1), In the Gold medal stakes, Bordeaux Style (21), followed by Cabernet Sauvignon (19), Shiraz (13), MCC (9), Other Red Cultivars (9), Chenin Blanc (wooded) (8), Museum White Wine (8), Pinot Noir (8), Pinotage (8), Other Red Blends (8), Sauvignon Blanc (8), Chenin Blanc (7), White Blends (wooded) (7), Noble Late Harvest (6), Chardonnay (wooded) (5), Malbec (5), MCC Rosé (5), Potstill Brandies (5), Red Muscadel (5), Cape Blend (4), Cape Ruby/Cape Tawny/Cape Vintage (4), Chardonnay (4), Standard Brandies (4), Merlot (3), Museum MCC (3), Museum Noble Late Harvest (3), Museum Red Wine (3), Sauvignon Blanc (wooded) (3), Sémillon (wooded) (3), Straw Wine (3), White Blends (3), White Muscadel (3), Cabernet Franc (2), Dessert Wine (2), Red and White (predominantly red) (2), White and Red Blend (predominantly white) (1), Colombar (1), Museum Natural Sweet (1), Riesling (1), Rosé (1), Viognier (wooded) (1). Full results are available online at www.veritas.co.za. Museum Dessert Red (1) and Museum Dessert White (1). Potstill Brandy excelled with 11 Double Gold awards.