Eikendal rounds off year with top awards

In addition, its predecessor, Eikendal Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, was rated amongst the country's finest at the Top 100 SA Wine Challenge for 2012. At the Old Mutual Trophy Awards for 2012, the Bordeaux blend, Classique 2009 won the Old Mutual Trophy for the Best Red Wine and the Riedel Trophy for the Best Bordeaux-style Red Blend. The wooded Eikendal Chardonnay 2011 won a gold medal.

Earlier this year the Eikendal Merlot 2009 clinched gold at the prestigious Decanter World Wine Awards 2012 in the UK.

"2012 was an exceptional year. Whilst it still gives me great satisfaction to see people enjoying our wines, accolades such as these somehow remind me how much I truly love what I do and where I am. I'm glad to see that the wines on which we have built our reputation over the past 30 years still make us proud," says winemaker Nico Grobler.

Eikendal Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, good with venison, rump steak, Mediterranean dishes or guinea fowl, has a recommended retail price of R110 per bottle directly from the cellar or at selected wine outlets countrywide.