Comments on: Wine of the Week, Obikwa Shiraz 2009.

By: Sediment

Sediment — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:58:51 +0000

Clare,

Sorry for the confusion – Sediment is a review blog in the UK, which has written about Obikwa Rosé – at http://www.sedimentblog.com – perhaps it doesn’t travel.

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:01:33 +0000

Claudine, we are waiting anxiously down here on the Cape to hear how you are getting on with the Obikwa.

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:00:44 +0000

Michael,

I think the real point about this “Shiraz Challenge” is how irrelevant and invalid the competition thing is. Whilst Obikwa was a deserving win in its category the event was rendered second rate by the number of top class Shiraz’s that did not enter. Saronsberg did not even enter its topflight Shiraz. So what’s the point really?

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:56:28 +0000

Sediment? CJ? I’m afraid you lost me there……..

By: Sediment

Sediment — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:44:14 +0000

Ah, but have you experienced the Obikwa Pinotage rose? Visit Sediment to see how CJ got on…

By: Claudine

Claudine — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:58:05 +0000

Thanks so much for my lovely prize. I’m really looking forward to the experience of tasting this wine!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:57:26 +0000

I am actually quite amused by how much attention the Obikwa Shiraz has created. Considering just those wines included in the ‘challenge’ there were possibly 70 odd wines which ranked equal or higher – why for instance is there not the same excitement about the Saronsberg Provenance – at a relatively modest R89 which actually came top of the whole pile?

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:43:41 +0000

I will “wet my whistle” when I am invited to the Obikwa party or any other time I am served it. But I’d rather save up a bit and quaff something with a little more substance.

But then again, for a wine that delights so many for a mere 20-odd South African Rands, it is hard to be too cynical.

But enjoy all, and I hope that all the pennies you save buying Obikwa you put toward something more, well, intellectually demanding.

By: AJ Nel

AJ Nel — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:43:32 +0000

Very keen to try the Shiraz 2009!

Have tried the Sauvignon Blanc 2009 and was brilliant!

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:35:42 +0000

Hi Michael, Aren’t you going to enter our competition? Or is Obikwa a little unsophisticated for your palate?

But on the topic of good drinkable Shiraz at around the R40 mark I have been able to come up with two for you.

The first is from Neil Pendock’s Good Value Guru Diaries 2010, where he highlights Pulpit Rock Shiraz 2007. 022 461 2025. His tasting notes comment “Leather and spice with slippery tannins”. It costs R36.

The second was sourced by Cathy Marston, Wine Editor of Food 24.com, and someone who knows how to sniff out a good deal. It is Porcupine Ridge Shiraz 2009 from Boekenhoutskloof. It’s coming in at R48.99 from Ultra Liquors.