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		<title>Five-star Distinction for Spier’s Prestige Cuvée by Platter&#8217;s 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spier celebrates coveted five-star rating in South Africa&#8217;s definitive wine guide One of South Africa&#8217;s oldest and most loved working wine farms has achieved a remarkable distinction in the 45th edition of Platter&#8217;s Wine Guide. Spier has earned the coveted five-star rating for its Prestige Cuvée Cap Classique 2016 representing excellence in Cap Classique. Besides this prestigious rating, the following Spier wines also received these top-honours:  Creative Block 2 2024 – 4.5 stars Creative Block 3 2021 – 4.5 stars Creative Block 5 2021 – 4.5 stars Farmer Angus Organic Red 2018 – 4.5 stars The Platter&#8217;s Guide, South Africa&#8217;s most comprehensive wine companion since 1980, is considered the benchmark for excellence in the local industry. Its rigorous tasting process, combining sighted and blind evaluations, makes these ratings particularly meaningful in the guide&#8217;s assessment of over 8,000 wines. &#8220;This recognition feels especially noteworthy for our Prestige Cuvée,&#8221; says Cellar Master Johan Jordaan. &#8220;It&#8217;s a bottle-fermented sparkling wine that is really about embodies patience – crafted only in exceptional vintages and given time to develop its full character over eight years. To see it shine alongside our Creative Block 2, 3 and 5 and Farmer Angus Organic Red validates our commitment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matured to perfection over eight years, Spier proudly releases the small-lot 2016 Prestige Cuvée Cap Classique</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to winemaking, Cap Classique is not your standard bottle of wine. For winemakers up to the task, crafting a Cap Classique shifts into the territory of a magnum opus, a bona fide obsession that requires earlier harvesting, techniques like manual bottle ‘riddling’, and above all, flutes-full of patience. Put simply, it’s not for everyone. But when done well, the output easily surpasses the additional input. Case in hand, Spier’s latest release: 2016 Prestige Cuvée. Launched with the 2013 vintage and followed on by the 2015, the 2016 marks only the third time this Cap Classique has been made. Produced only from outstanding lots, the grapes for the 2016 Prestige Cuvée were harvested during one of the worst drought periods the Western Cape has ever faced.The 2016 vintage marks just the third time Spier has produced its Prestige Cuvée Cap Classique sparkling wine. First launched in 2013 and again in 2015, this rare cap classique is only made in outstanding vintages. The 2016 vintage was one of the worst droughts the Western Cape region has ever faced; yet while the water table was low, the grape quality was exceptional. The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes reached unparalleled concentration [...]]]></description>
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