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    HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES

    Jan 04, 2021 4 minutes
    JOY WALTERFANG

    YOU may have noticed the winner of this year’s Wine of the Year and Cabernet of the Year category was actually a blend of cabernet and shiraz; surprising? Not really, it isn’t the first time a blend has won this particular class - both the 2017 and 2018 winners were cabernet blends.

    Peter Simic, Publisher & Editor, explains the magazine’s philosophy behind the inclusion of blends in their WOTY awards. “Some years ago, purely by accident, a Margaret River sauvignon blanc/semillon ended up in the sauvignon blanc line-up,” said Peter. “When the judging panel tasted the wine they thought it was a New Zealand sauvignon blanc. The wine went on to knock the socks off the Kiwis, did exactly that.”

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