Jordan Wine Estate Wins Challenge Trophy for Aromatic White

South Africa’s Jordan Wine Estate has received the Five Nations Wine Challenge Trophy for the highest scoring aromatic white wine at the 2011 Challenge making it the top wine in that class between New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Chile and Argentina. The 2009 Jordan Estate Riesling was rated the highest scoring wine for all the aromatic whites entered. This is the only wine show in the world where the wines come in exclusively by invitation from the five Judges, having already won Trophies in their country’s respective shows. With the addition of Argentina and Chile, the original Tri Nations competition between South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, became the Five Nations this year. The announcement coincides with the release of the 2010 Jordan Riesling, named ‘The Real McCoy’. Meaning ‘the real thing,’ this wine honours not only the noble Riesling grape but also all those who helped bring about the legislative name change for Riesling in South Africa.

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