South African Wine Index (SAWi) awarded: The Trophy for Winery of the year (2009, 2010 & 2013) Peter Finlayson crowned Viticulturist of the Year (2009 & 2010) and Wine Legend of the Year (2013) Top Pinot Noir - Galpin Peak (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017) Top Red blend (other) - Hannibal (2014, 2015 & 2016) Top n o 2 overall wine producer (2015 & 2016) 95+ points, Platinum for Galpin Peak, Tete de Cuvee, Hannibal and Crocodiles Lair Chardonnay (2016 & 2017) The Trophy for Best Fine Red Wine producer (2017) 1997 TÊTE DE CUVÉE Trophy Winner - International Wine Challenge, 2000 2000 TÊTE DE CUVÉE Award Winner - Juliet Cullinan Wine Connoisseur s Award, 2005 2001 TÊTE DE CUVÉE Gold Medal - International Wine Challenge, 2003 Gold Medal - Juliet Cullinan Wine Competition, 2005 5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2006 2003 TÊTE DE CUVÉE Winemakers Choice Diamond Award, 2005 5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2007 2005 TÊTE DE CUVÉE Overall SA wine winner - Platter Wine Guide, 2008 5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2008 2006 TÊTE DE CUVÉE Trophy Winner - Old Mutual Trophy Awards, 2008 92 pts - WINE mag, 2017 2007 TÊTE DE CUVÉE 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2009
2009 TÊTE DE CUVÉE 90 pts - The Independent Ratings Guide erobertparker.com (Neal Martin), 2011 Gold Medal - Five Nations Wine Challenge, 2012 93 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2015 2010 TÊTE DE CUVÉE 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2012 Gold Medal - Decanter Fine Wine Awards, 2013 Gold Medal - China Wine and Spirits Awards, 2013 Silver Medal - Vinidivio wine Fair in Dijon, France, 2013 95 pts - James Suckling in Hong Kong, 2015 2012 TÊTE DE CUVÉE 91 pts - Tim Atkin South African report, 2014 1st place - Frédéric Dassé Top12wines Pinot Noir tasting, 2015 Gold award - Drinks Business Pinot Noir Masters, 2015 South African Sommeliers Association (SASA) Sommeliers Selection, 2015 91 pts - Christiaan Eedes, Winemag.co.za, 2015 91 pts - Tim Atkin, South African report, 2015 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2016 93 pts - James Sucklin, 2016 2013 TÊTE DE CUVÉE 93 pts - Tim Atkin, South African Report, 2016 Gold Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition, 2016 Gold award - Drinks Business Pinot Noir Masters, 2017 94 pts - James Suckling, 2017 93 pts - Tim Atkin (MW), South Africa Special Report, 2017 95pts - Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge, 2018 TÊTE DE CUVÉE (NON-VINTAGE) Top Wine SA - Top 10 SA Pinot Noir, 2015 & 2017 Platinum Award - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 1998 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR 91 pts - Wine mag, Feb, 2017
2001 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Winner - Classic Wine Trophy, 2002 Gold Medal - Juliet Cullinan Wine Competition, 2005 94 pts - Wine mag, 2017 2005 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Gold Medal (class winner) - International Wine & Spirits Competition, 2007 Competition Winner - Juliet Cullinan Wine Connoisseur s Awards, 2007 Award of Excellence -The Bloor Yorkville (Santé) Wine Festival, 2007 2007 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Top 50 SA wines from Cape Wine out of 4000 wines - Matthew Jukes, 2008 Class Winner - Winemaker s Choice Diamond Awards, 2008 91 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2009 2008 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR 4.5 stars - WINE mag, 2009 South African Pinot Noir Trophy - Decanter, 2009 90 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2010 2009 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR 92 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2011 90 pts - Wine Enthusiast, 2012 Gold Medal - Five Nations, 2012 (only Pinot from South Africa to receive this Award) 2009 CAPE WINEMAKERS GUILD 2011 UNFILTERED PINOT NOIR 92 pts - James Molesworth and Stephen Tanzer 2010 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR 93 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2012 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2012 and 2013 92 pts - South African sommelier Miguel Chan, 2012 Rated as the number one wine in the Top12 line-up by 50% of the tasters, Frederic Dasse, 2012 Top Ten Red wines - Frederic Dasse, 2012
2011 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Best Red wine - Nedbank Green Wine Awards BWI (Biodiveristy and Wine initiative) category, 2012 93 pts - South African sommelier Miguel Chan, 2013 90 pts - Wine Spectator online, 2014 Silver Medal - Sommelier Wine Awards, SWA, 2014 Coup de Coeur and Gold Medal - Vinidivio wine Fair in Dijon, France, 2014 90 pts - Wine Enthusiast, 2015 91 pts - James Suckling, Tasting report, South Africa, Hong Kong, 2015 2012 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Gold Medal - China Wine and Spirits Awards, 2014 Silver Outstanding - International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2014 90 pts - erobertparker.com, Neal Martin, 2014 2nd place - Frédéric Dassé Top12wines Pinot Noir tasting, 2015 93 pts - James Suckling in Hong Kong, 2015 92 pts - Wine Spectator, 2016 2013 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Silver award - Drinks Business Pinot Noir Masters, 2015 5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2016 Gold award - Drinks Business Pinot Noir Masters, 2016 Top 100 - Independent Wine Merchant UK, 2016 Gold Medal - China Wine and Spirits Awards, 2016 93 pts - Tim Atkin, South African Report, 2016 Sommeliers Selection Wine List, 2016 94 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2016 2015 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Gold Medal & Regional Trophy - International Wine Challenge, 2017 93 pts - James Suckling, 2017 93 pts - Tim Atkin MW, South Africa Special Report, 2017 Double Gold - Veritas, 2017 5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2018 91pts - Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge, 2018 Top 100 - Independent wine Merchant UK, 2018 2016 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR Gold Medal - International Wine Challenge, 2018 Trophy, SA Best Red Wine - International Wine Challenge, 2018 Trophy, SA Best Pinot Noir - International Wine Challenge, 2018
GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR (NON-VINTAGE) Perfect score rated 100/100 - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2009 & 2017 Grand Gold Award - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2012 Top Cultivar Award of the year ( joint with Hamilton Russell ) SAWi, 2013 Top Cultivar Award of the year - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Top Wine Sa - Top 10 Sa Pinot Noir, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Top Wine Sa - Top 10 Red Wines, 2015 Platinum Award - South African Wine Index, (SAWi), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 2002 HANNIBAL Chosen as one of 10 great SA red wines by Decanter Magazine, 2004 2003 HANNIBAL Gold Medal - Unusual Red Blends Julliet Cullinan, 2006 Class Winner - International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2006 2004 HANNIBAL Class Winner - Unusual Reds Juliet Cullinan Wine Connoisseur s Awards, 2007 2005 HANNIBAL Double gold medal - Houston Rodeo International Wine Competition 93 pts - International Wine Challenge Library Collection, 2010 2006 HANNIBAL Gold Medal (class winner) - Michelangelo International Wine Awards, 2008 2009 HANNIBAL Gold Medal - China Wine and Spirits Awards, 2012 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2013 Gold Medal - Decanter Fine Wine Awards, 2013 2010 HANNIBAL 5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2012 2011 HANNIBAL 5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2014
2012 HANNIBAL Gold Medal - 6 Nations Wine Challenge, 2014 90 pts - Tim Atkin South African report, 2014 Gold Medal - China Wine and Spirits Awards, 2014 90 pts - erobertparker.com, Neal Martin, 2014 90 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2015 2013 HANNIBAL 91 pts - Tim Atkin, South African report, 2015 Gold Medal - China Wine & Spirits Awards, 2015 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2016 90 pts - Wine Spectator, 2016 2014 HANNIBAL 92 pts - Tim Atkin, South African Report, 2016 Sommeliers Selection Wine List, 2016 93 pts - James Suckling, 2016 No 2 - Top12 Wines, alternative red blends, 2016 91 pts - Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate, 2017 91 pts - Stephen Tanzer, 2017 2015 HANNIBAL 92 pts - James Suckling, 2017 92 pts - Tim Atkin MW, South Africa Special Report, 2017 90 pts - Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge, 2018 HANNIBAL (NON-VINTAGE) 99/100 - the South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2009 Grand Gold Award - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2012 Top Cultivar Award of the year - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2014, 2015 & 2016 Platinum Award - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Top Red Blend Award of the year - South African Index (SAWi), 2016 2003 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY 90 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2004
2006 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2008 2007 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2009 2008 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY 4 stars - WINE magazine, 2009 90 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2010 2009 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY Rated second best of 324 wines with 91/100 in the Top 10 Wines of Weinwelt Magazine, 2012 90 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2012 2010 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY Double Gold Medal - China Wine and Spirits Awards, 2012 4 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2012 and 2013 2011 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY Silver Medal - Global Chardonnay Masters, Drinks Business, 2013 2012 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY 92 pts - Tim Atkin South African report, 2014 2013 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY Sommeliers Selection - South African Sommeliers Association (SASA), 2015 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2016 90 pts - Wine Spectator, 2016 2014 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY 93 pts - Tim Atkin, South African Report, 2016 Gold Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition, 2016 Gold Award - Drinks Business International Chardonnay Masters, 2016 93 pts - James Suckling, 2016 90 pts - WineMag Prescient Chardonnay Report, 2016 The World s Best Chardonnays For Under 20 - The Drinks Business, 2017 90 pts - Stephen Tanzer, 2017
2015 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY 90 pts - Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate, 2017 93 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2017 Gold Award - International Wine and Spirits Competition, 2017 93 pts - Tim Atkin MW, South Africa Special Report, 2017 Gold Award - Drinks Business International Chardonnay Masters, 2017 Ranked No 1 - Wine of The Month Club Chardonnay Tasting, 2018 92pts - Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge, 2018 2016 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY Gold Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards UK, 2018 MISSIONVALE CHARDONNAY (NON-VINTAGE) Grand Gold Award - South African Wine Index, (SAWi) 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 2001 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY Gold Medal - International Wine Challenge, 2004 2002 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY Rated 6th out of 28 wines at the 2004 Finnish Wine of the Year Competition 2003 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY Selected by SAA for Premium Class Selected by BA for First Class 91 pts - Classic Wine Trophy, 2004 Gold Medal - Wine Style Asia Awards, 2005 2004 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY Gold Medal - Santé Classic Wine Trophy, 2005 2007 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY 4 stars - WINE magazine, 2009 2008 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY 91 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2010 92 pts - Independent Ratings Guide erobertparker.com (Neal Martin), 2011
2009 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY Rated seventh best of 324 wines with 90/100 in the Top 10 Wines of Weinwelt Magazine, 2012 2010 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY 91 pts - Independent Ratings Guide erobertparker.com (Neal Martin), 2010 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2012 2011 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2013 2013 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY 90 pts - Tim Atkin South African report, 2014 90 pts - erobertparker.com, Neal Martin, 2014 2014 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2016 Top 100 - Independent wine Merchant UK, 2016 92 pts - James Suckling, 2016 90 pts - Stephen Tanzer, 2017 2015 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY 91 pts - Tim Atkin, South African Report, 2016 90 pts - Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate, 2017 Gold Medal - International Wine Challenge, 2017 91 pts - James Suckling, 2017 95 pts - Tim Atkin MW, South Africa Report, 2017 94pts - Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge, 2018 CROCODILE S LAIR CHARDONNAY (NON-VINTAGE) Rated 97,6/100 - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2009 Grand Gold Award - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2012 Platinum Award - South African Wine Index (SAWi), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017
2004 KAAIMANSGAT LIMITED EDITION CHARDONNAY 90 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2007 2009 KAAIMANSGAT LIMITED EDITION CHARDONNAY 91 pts - Wine Enthusiast Magazine, 2011 Editor s Choice - Wine Enthusiast Magazine, 2011 Top 100 Wines - SA, 2011 2010 KAAIMANSGAT LIMITED EDITION CHARDONNAY Gold Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards, 2012 91pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2012 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2013 91 pts - Tim Atkin South African report, 2014 2014 KAAIMANSGAT LIMITED EDITION CHARDONNAY 4.5 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2016 94 pts - Greg Sherwood (MW), A Fine Wine Safari, 2017 2008 SANS BARRIQUE CHARDONNAY 90 pts - Wine Spectator Magazine, 2010 2010 SANS BARRIQUE CHARDONNAY 90 pts - Independent Ratings Guide erobertparker.com (Neal Martin), 2011 2013 SANS BARRIQUE CHARDONNAY 90 pts James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2015 2015 SANS BARRIQUE CHARDONNAY 91 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2017
2008 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 4 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2009 2011 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 4 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2012 2012 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 4 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2013 2015 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 90 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2016 2016 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 90 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2017 2017 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 91pts - Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge, 2018 2010 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC RESERVE 4 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2012 Trophy - Old Mutual Wine Awards in wooded Sauvignon blanc Museum Class, 2014 2015 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC RESERVE 91 pts - Christiaan Eedes, Winemag.co.za, 2015 2016 WALKER BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC RESERVE Grand Gold Award - South African Wine Index, (SAWi) 2016 90 pts - Tim Atkin, South African Report, 2016 Ranked No 1 - Wine of The Month Club Sauvignon blanc Tasting, 2018 2008 BLANC DE MER Best New World White Wine - recommended by Steven Spurrier - Decanter, 2009
2009 BLANC DE MER Gold Medal - Swiss Wine Competition - Expovina, 2011 91 pts, Gold Diploma - Ami Du Vin, Switzerland, 2011 2011 BLANC DE MER 4 stars - Platter Wine Guide, 2013 2012 BLANC DE MER Silver Medal - 2013 Vinidivio wine Fair in Dijon, France 2013 BLANC DE MER 90 pts James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2015 2015 BLANC DE MER Silver Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition, 2016 91 pts - James Suckling, Hong Kong, 2016 2016 BLANC DE MER 92pts - Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge, 2017