Marc Kent von Boekenhoutskloof ist Weinmacher des

Marc Kent von Boekenhoutskloof ist Weinmacher des Jahres 2007
Für seinen Boekenhoutkloof Syrah 2005 wurde Mark Kent in Südafrika mit der begehrten Auszeichnung Diners Club
Winemaker of the Year geehrt. Dieser Preis wird seit 1981 vergeben. Damals war Walter Finlayson der erste
Preisträger.
Der Shiraz von Boekenhoutskloof in Fanschhoek gilt seit Ende der 1990er Jahre als einer der besten Rotweine des
Landes und besitzt Kultstatus. Er wurde u.a. in sechs Jahrgängen vom John Platter Guide mit fünf Sternen
ausgezeichnet.
Der Jahrgang 2005 trifft bei uns ca. Februar / März 2008 ein. Es wird empfohlen diesen Wein schon jetzt zu bestellen.
Das selbe gilt für den Boekenhoutskloof Cabernet Sauvignon und den Chocolate Block.
Marc Kent named 2007 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year
20 November 2007
by WINE Magazine
His Shiraz is already regarded as an iconic wine, a consistent 5 Star performer from one of the country’s most
respected cellars. Now Marc Kent’s unswerving winemaking excellence has been recognised by the
prestigious 2007 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year award for his Boekenhoutkloof Syrah 2005.
There will be few who don’t applaud his victory. Marc’s Shiraz has merited no fewer than six 5-Star ratings in
Platter, two in WINE magazine (out of only twenty three 5-Star laureates in thirteen years) and occupies
number one slot in WINE’s annual classification of top Shiraz producers based on the wine’s performance over
the past five years.
His Syrah has received praise from international critics and commands top dollar – this despite the fact that
Marc doesn’t often seek recognition or reward through competitions, with Boekenhoutskloof’s premier status
achieved almost solely by word of mouth.
The judging panel, chaired by Dave Hughes, was impressed by the range of types and styles in the seventy
one wines in round two of the judging – reduced from 162 after an initial screening – and of the thirteen topscoring wines in the competition. Hughes said he was pleased with the number of wines showing balance,
freshness and fruitiness and commended the winning wine for its “sweet, ripe fruit, refined tannins and
freshness”.
He was aided by the international expertise and perspective of Alain Graillot of Croze-Hermitage in the Rhône,
France – himself a Shiraz winemaker of world renown – and fellow panellists Margaret Fry CWM, Carrie
Adams of Norman Goodfellows, Nederburg winemaker Tariro Masiyati and Cape Winemakers Guild protégé
Howard Booysen of Flagstone Winery.
The Winemaker of the Year award carries with it a winner’s purse of R15,000 and an air ticket to any
winemaking country in the world.
Speaking at the awards lunch, the sponsor’s regional manager (Cape), Jane Ledger, said Diners Club was
thrilled the award was “still highly regarded in the industry after 27 years, and being nominated as a Diners
Club Winemaker of the Year is as inspirational today as it was when the awards were introduced in 1981,
when Walter Finlayson won for his 1980 Blauwklippen Zinfandel”.