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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2027 (based on 18 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84 pts. and median of 84 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com on 2/1/2024 & rated 80 points: Disappointing; cellared a year or two in a good cellar (ageing potential indicated on the back label), this seems to be falling apart already. Drying finish, hollow taste, lack of fruit, all the signs of premature death are there. The cork seems fine though .... (94 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 5/12/2021 & rated 88 points: Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; A fully blind test. (@ RW by MW): In the bouquet cherries, tar and leather. On the palate cherries, vanilla, oak, firm acidity and youthful, sticky tannin. Some pleasant bitterness. (675 views) |
| Groot Constantia Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonSouth Africa Wines of South Africa |
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