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| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2010 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Bistrobro1 on 2/24/2013: excellent wine in full....smoky, woodsy, nearer Bordeaux but still Cabernet. Delicious, good body, sweetish finish. still pretty dark in color. (1916 views) | | | Tasted by rikipedia on 8/24/2012 & rated 89 points: Big Bottle Festival (Cellars Hohenort): I was informed this is 70% Cab and 30% Pinotage but can't verify. Aromas of ripe black and red fruits with smoke, marmite and a smear of vanilla. Quite a rich texture with sweet fruit, there is a bead of vibrant acidity to balance the wine and a good length to the farewell. Attractive with decent concentration and sweet, velvety tannins, the wine is drinking nicely. (303 views) | | | Tasted by king-bing on 10/25/2008: Good, classic Bordeaux left bank tobacco and pencil nose with new-world ripeness on the palate, though perhaps marred by some green pepper notes. Drinking fine now but got better with some air. (2428 views) | | | Tasted by king-bing on 5/13/2008 & rated 89 points: Surprisingly slight ageing evident in the colour. Very smoky / woodsmoke nose from the outset though this calmed down after an hour or two, when a touch of mint appeared. ot the tobacco notes of the last bottle. Solid fruit still, and nicely balanced acidity. Rather like a good but not great year claret, really. Slightly drying chunky tannins in the finish at first, but this settled down into a much gentler beast. A lovely 13%abv. Plenty of life yet, though I'm not sure it'll get much better. Great value. (2486 views) | | | Tasted by king-bing on 10/17/2007 & rated 90 points: Shows a fair degree of maturity in the colour. Gently perfumed nose, with notes of tobacco that became more pronounced over 2-3 hours. Some herby notes too. The palate still has some lingering and rough tannins with a slightly astingent finish, but still with fruit lurking. Nicely medium bodied (13%abv) with perhaps too much acidity. This was better the next evening, with the tannins and acididty tamed to reveal a lovely gentle claret-style wine that went all too quickly. No hurry to drink at all. (2689 views) |
| Neil Ellis Producer website1999 Neil Ellis Cabernet SauvignonProducer's offical page on 1999 Neil Ellis Cabernet Sauvignon:http://www.neilellis.com/a_wine/wine_detail1.asp?wineid=4Cabernet 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 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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