Over the past few months, Winemag.co.za has convened a series of tastings aimed at finding the best wines costing between R60 to R120 a bottle. Their intention was to identify great everyday drinking – wines which offer refreshment and flavour under ordinary circumstances, are widely available and don’t cost too much.

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Minimum stock requirement that producers had to meet was 300 six-bottle cases or 1800 bottles and wines were be tasted blind by a three-person panel of experienced judges using the 100-point system.

Below are all the wines to rate 88 or more by type/variety:

CHARDONNAY

90 Fat Bastard 2018 – Price: R95

88 Cape Town Wine Co. 2018 – Price: R65 De Krans Wild Ferment Unwooded 2018 – Price: R74 Laibach The Ladybird 2018 (Woolworths) – Price: R90

CHENIN BLANC

91 Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection 2018 – Price: R108 Schultz Family Wines Skeleton Bay 2018 – Price: R120

90 Tierhoek 2017 – Price: R118

89 Alvi’s Drift Signature 2019 – Price: R60 Wildeberg & Kompanjie Wild House 2018 – Price: R60

88 Balance Winemakers Selection 2019 – Price: R68 Croyden Title Deed 2018 – Price: R83 Fat Bastard 2018 – Price: R95 Ken Forrester 2018 – Price: R60 Mulderbosch Steen op Hout 2018 – Price: R80 Opstal 2018 – Price: R100 Rietvallei 2018 – Price: R80

SAUVIGNON BLANC

90 DeMorgenzon DMZ 2019 – Price: R110 Perdeberg Cellar The Vineyard Collection 2019 – Price: R70 Zevenwacht 7even 2019 – Price: R66

89 Breëland 2019 – Price: R65 Daschbosch 2019 – Price: R90 Ken Forrester Petit 2019 – Price: R60

88 Bruce Jack 2019 – Price: R60 Cape Point Vineyards 2019 – Price: R98 Trizanne Signature Wines TSW 2019 – Price: R88 Strydom Family Wines The Freshman 2019 – Price: R90

WHITE BLENDS

91 Lammershoek The Innocent Chenin Blanc Viognier Sauvignon Blanc 2018 – Price: R94

90 Acheron Wines & Spirits Forager White 2019 – Price: R90

89 Vrede en Lust White Mischief 2018 – Price: R89

88 Babylonstoren Candide 2018 – Price: R88 The Drift Bonfire Hill White Blend 2018 – Price: R89

CABERNET SAUVIGNON

90 Landskroon 2017 – Price: R80

89 Du Preez Private Cellar 2015 – Price: R63 Nuy Winery Mastery 2017 – Price: R115

88 Ernie Els Big Easy 2018 – Price: R86 Morgenster 2018 – Price: R100

MERLOT

89 Le Sueur Wines Wild Card Queen of Hearts 2018 – Price: R72

88 Badsberg 2018 – Price: R60 Leopards Leap Family Vineyards 2018 – Price: R60 Morgenster 2018 – Price: R100

PINOTAGE

90 Bader & Walters 2016 – Price: R80 Bloemendal Waterlily 2016 -Price: R95

89 Bonnievale River Collection 2018 – Price: R70 Lammershoek The Innocent 2017 – Price: R94 Slanghoek Private Selection 2017 – Price: R65

88 Silkbush Mountain Vineyards 2017 – Price: R92

SHIRAZ

90 Stellenrust 2017 – Price: R74 Lammershoek The Innocent 2017 – Price: R94

89 Bruce Jack 2018 – Price: R60 Guardian Peak 2018 – Price: R95 Robertson 2018 – Price: R72

88 Cavalli Black Beauty 2016 – Price: R100 De Wet 2017 – Price: R60 Ormonde The Old Block 2015 – Price: R95 Simonsig Mr Borio’s 2017 – Price: R110 Wildeberg & Kompanjie Wild House 2018 – Price: R70

RED BLENDS

90 Mountain Ridge Wines De Liefde Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot NV – Price: R65

89 Dornier Cocoa Hill Red 2017 – Price: R84 Gabrielskloof The Blend 2017 – Price: R120 Lammershoek The Innocent SMG 2017 – Price: R95 Tierhoek Grenache Syrah MourvEdre 2017 – Price: R117

88 Kaapzicht Bin 3 2016 – Price: R90 The Drift Bonfire Hill Red Blend 2018R69 – Price: R69

For a hard copy of the results, including tasting notes and background information about all the wines rated 89 and above, download and print the following: Best Value Tastings 2019