Elgin Vintners Merlot Claims Trophy in Global Fine Wine Challenge
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Triumph at the 2022 Global Fine Wine Challenge
Elgin Vintners Merlot 2019 showed its class against 600 of the best of New World wines, winning the overall Merlot Trophy in the 2022 Global Fine Wine Challenge in Australia.
Elgin Vintners was one of only two South African wineries to win an overall trophy across 22 classes of wine varieties and styles in the exclusive, invitation-only challenge. South Africa’s top 120 wines competed against 120 each from four other leading New World winemaking countries, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada.
The 2019 Elgin Vintners Merlot received scores between 95 and 98 from an international panel of Masters of Wine, who commended the wine’s typical cool-climate brightness, freshness, and vitality; its flavour complexity, classic structure, and superb balance.
Moreover, 2019 was an excellent vintage, and this wine continues to showcase the quality and distinctive style of Merlot produced in our unique elevated cool-climate valley. Consequently, our Merlot 2019 continues to earn accolades from local and international critics and in competitions as it matures into its full elegance and grace, and consumers greatly love it for its fresh fruit purity and soft power.
Acclaim and Recognition
Elgin Vintners Merlot 2019 received a four-star rating in the 2023 Platter’s South African Wine Guide and ranked as one of South Africa’s 10 best Merlots in the 2022 SA Merlot Forum competition. Tim Atkin MW scored the wine 91 points in his authoritative SA Special Report, and the Gilbert and Gaillard guide gave it 90 points.
The Global Fine Wine Challenge (previously the Six Nations Challenge) aims to highlight the very best of New World wines and promote their quality and rich regional diversity.
A leading local wine authority in each of the five countries personally selects and invites 120 of their country’s top wines to compete in the challenge. The South African selector is well-known wine critic and international judge Michael Fridjhon.
* Buy Elgin Vintners Merlot 2019 at R230 from our online shop at https://elginvintners.co.za/shop/
Katerina Monroe
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Congratulations on the award, it's well deserved! You guys definitely know what you're doing. Looking forward to my next visit to the winery!
