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| Drinking window: Drink between 2024 and 2037 (based on 16 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dcbell on 4/29/2024 & rated 94 points: This is such an exciting wine already - remarkably intense, complex, and balanced. Quite a broad spectrum on the nose with ripe darker berry fruit, bell pepper, some baked earth, roasted chilli pepper, florals, and a slightly dirtier barnyard note. Clearly young and structured on the palate, with lots of acidity and tannic chew, but very enjoyable already. Lots of fresh, just ripe fruit flavours on the palate with a greener, leafy element too. I opened this quite casually expecting to land on ‘solid but too young’, but I’m really impressed by how good this is already and there’s no doubt it will age positively for 5-10 years or more.
Edit: peculiarly, on day two this had shut down quite a lot. Still good, but not firing in the same as on day one. (981 views) | | | Tasted by OldHick95 on 3/3/2024 & rated 90 points: Fresh, ripe, black cherry, bell pepper, some spiciness and moderate tannins. Mellow coffee on the finish, but mostly upper register flavors. (1680 views) | | | Tasted by Peter Spijker on 2/19/2024 & rated 90 points: Graphite, dark cherry, blackberry, some oak, a pleasant green note (herb, bell pepper). Good wine. (1575 views) | | | Tasted by mcflytfc on 2/2/2024 & rated 91 points: Quality natural cork, medium ruby in the glass, fruity spice on the nose. Lighter body, light red fruit, medium tannins, mild acidity. A nice wine. (1533 views) | | | Tasted by Chris Davies on 1/28/2024 & rated 88 points: Not sure. Feels a bit too polite and well mannered. Picking early to avoid jamminess and over ripeness seems to have resulted in something lacking a bit of oomph. I think I’m being a bit mean and this will come good but I’m not convinced. 3 (1625 views) | | | Tasted by Mountster27 on 12/2/2023 & rated 89 points: Now to be fair l, my wife really likes this. I only thought it was ok. It had a bloody iron note through the middle that I found a bit unbalanced and a little off putting. Tannin was dry and chewy. I think mostly it needed time but alas, it is now gone. (1882 views) | | | Tasted by Jmac56 on 10/25/2023 & rated 90 points: Lovely fruity leathery nose. Plum fruit and tannins. Either I should have cellared longer or a bit too acidic, I am guessing the former. (1798 views) | | | Tasted by Joshvoulters on 9/18/2023 & rated 93 points: Lay & Wheeler South Africa tasting (Glazier's Hall): Lovely expressive Cab Franc character: really a 'best of both worlds' expression that South Africa can do so well. Herbal, green pepper, graphite character with just a touch of New World opulence adding a luxurious slant. Heady perfume and rich concentration on the palate. It's a bit of a tannin monster at the moment, lots of acid: conservatively this'll need 10 years. Incredible value. (2323 views) | | | Tasted by Guido L. on 6/11/2023 & rated 94 points: This is a great wine and a notch above the 2018 vintage. Powerful with fine but grippy tannins. Red but also black cherries, red and black currants, cassis, cedar wood. On day two it was much softer and showed what to expect in a couple of years. And if you like the 1995 Cordoba Crescendo, you should make space in your cellar for this vintage. This wine has a great future and will become something even greater. Give it 10 years to come to full blossom. I will open the next bottle in 5 years. (2263 views) | | | Tasted by Gone with the wine on 1/27/2023 & rated 90 points: Bramble, dark black fruit with a touch of minty vanilla on the nose - new world Bordeaux. Fruit fading on the palate and actually surprisingly smooth at this stage with slightly drying tannins. Going down very easily… (2410 views) |
| By Neal Martin
Vinous, The A to Z of South Africa (Nov 2023) (11/1/2023)
(Taaibosch Crescendo Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Tamlyn Currin
JancisRobinson.com (9/11/2023)
(Taaibosch, Crescendo Stellenbosch Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Panel Tasting
Decanter, Wines of the year 2022 (12/1/2022)
(Taaibosch, Crescendo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/12/2022)
(Taaibosch, Crescendo Stellenbosch Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Growing Up ‘n Getting Wiser: South Africa in 2022 (Sep 2022)
(Taaibosch Crescendo Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.South Africa Wines of South AfricaStellenbosch Stellenbosch Wine RoutesStellenboschThe historical town of Stellenbosch boasts a winemaking tradition which stretches back to the end of the 17th-century.
Stellenbosch is the educational and research centre of the winelands. Stellenbosch University is the only one in South Africa with a viticultural and oenological department, and many of the country's most successful winemakers studied there. The Nietvoorbij Institute of Viticulture and Oenology is also in Stellenbosch and this organisation has one of the most modern experimental wineries in the world and, at its experimental farms (situated in several wine growing districts), important research into new varietals, clones and rootstocks is undertaken.
The mountainous terrain, good rainfall, deep well-drained soils and diversity of terroirs make this a sought-after viticultural area. The rapidly increasing number of wine estates includes some of the most famous names in Cape wine. The district, with its mix of historic estates and contemporary wineries, produces excellent examples of almost all the noble grape varieties.
The intensively farmed Stellenbosch district has been divided up into several smaller viticultural pockets including Jonkershoek Valley, Papegaaiberg, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch, Bottelary, Devon Valley and Banghoek. |
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