Rickety Bridge winemaker, Wynand Grobler, commented, “We are incredibly proud of our team for the outstanding achievement of scoring 90/100 in the Prescient Cabernet Sauvignon Report 2016, and ranking as one of 12 top wines out of the 60 wines judged. This is the fourth time in five years that this exclusive report has selected the Paulina’s Reserve Cabernet as one of South Africa’s best Cabernets.”
According to founder and chair of the panel, Christian Eedes (editor of Winemag.co.za), the line-up consisted of South Africa's most high-profile examples of Cabernet Sauvignon, based on their reputation and success in recent local and international competitions. Submissions were by invitation only and the wines were tasted blind. The 12 top-scoring wines were rewarded for their purity of fruit, freshness, structure and depth of flavour.
Rickety Bridge’s Paulina’s Reserve flagship range, comprising a Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc and Semillon, pays homage to the pioneering spirit of Paulina de Villiers. In 1797 the widow Paulina was granted the land that straddles the river and rises up against the mountain at Franschhoek, the land she affectionately named ‘Paulina’s Drift’ which later became Rickety Bridge, making her one of the first women to own and farm land in the Cape. Fable has it that her spirit still hearkens after the land which she tamed, nurtured and loved and that her whisperings can often be heard rustling through the vineyards as she keeps vigil over the vines.
