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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.2 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 54 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Zweder on 4/5/2024 & rated 95 points: Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, a beautiful and small dose of oak. Good and fresh acidity and length. Showing the first signs of maturity and is a great pleasure already and can last at least another 7+ years. (608 views) | | | Tasted by ajefferyhbd@gmail.com on 1/7/2024 & rated 97 points: Outstanding. Elegance with power, red berry and cassis on the palate, also black currant, wood well integrated. (998 views) | | | Tasted by aquacongas on 12/28/2022 & rated 95 points: not blind
Very elegant Bx from South Africa. Still fresh and on the primary fruit notes. Not alcoholic, firm and silky tannins. At least one more decade ahead. 95 (3042 views) | | | Tasted by Rhonarna_Mikael on 11/26/2022 & rated 92 points: A favourite South African Bordeaux blend! Great as always, drink now or keep. (2414 views) | | | Tasted by ajefferyhbd@gmail.com on 11/19/2022 & rated 97 points: Stunning Cape Cabernet blend. Tobacco, dark fruits, gravely, quality spice and clean fruit profile, balanced and delicious. (2333 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 11/13/2022 & rated 94 points: Beautiful bouquet with red and dark berries. Très Bordeaux bouquet. On the palate juicy dark berries and good acidity. The tannin is round and still firm. Although already a pleasure, it is much smarter to wait some more years. Until 2027 to start with. 94+ for now. (2479 views) | | | Tasted by 03141455 on 5/25/2022 & rated 94 points: Absolutly lovely wine.wish a had a case left (2709 views) | | | Tasted by aquacongas on 5/9/2021 & rated 96 points: not blind, decanted for one hour
Lovely Bordeaux cuvee. It reminds me mote to a reluctant Bordeaux and an elegant "Supertuscan" than to a South African Cab. Some graphite and black currant in the background. velvety, silky tannins. Refreshing acidity. Still in the primary stage. Many years ahead. 96 (3964 views) | | | Tasted by adamanko on 10/30/2020: Still very fruit forward. Not what I'm feeling for so I will save it for tomorrow.
Day 2 and the first sip is just so much better. Now we have secondary notes of leather, some earthiness and spices. This is a really good wine. Gave my first bottle 93 and that feels about right this time too. (4758 views) | | | Tasted by Oscaro on 10/21/2020 & rated 91 points: Mörkfruktig, lite karamell
Hög syra, mörkfruktig även i smaken, vanilj, svartpeppar, långt avslut. Känns som en bdx-blend, men kommer rätt mycket vanilj och ny ek efter mer tid i glaset. Gillade det här förvånansvärt mycket (4420 views) | | | Tasted by Omar Khayyam on 10/18/2020: BYOB hyped and disregarded vintages - a free interpretation (Sollentuna chez Innertällmo bryggeri): Served double blind. Immediate graphite, ceder and sweet cassis juice. Instant recognition of this type of fruit forward cabernet sauvignon that still is not over the top in terms of extraction and alcohol. Big but balanced. Very good freshness and rounded mouthfeel. Lovely. I will save my remaining bottle some more time then. Highly recommended. (4439 views) | | | Tasted by StefanV on 9/25/2020 & rated 95 points: Lovely wine, very accessibel, intense, soft tannines, raspberries, nice finish. Ready to drink but can also hold for a while. (3901 views) | | | Tasted by kevinpatrick on 2/13/2020 & rated 95 points: Popped 45 minutes before pouring. Smooth and drinkable right out of the gate. Fragrant but not overpowering nose with a richness of raspberry and mocha. Solid body on the first drink demonstrating a depth of flavor confirming the black raspberry and soft hints of chocolate on the finish. A great wine on its own, the view on the wine exploded when paired with food (well-seasoned chicken, Brussels sprouts and string beans). With food the wine really showed its mettle becoming an exceptional wine. Plenty of age-worthiness in this bottle with probably another year or two before it really starts showing its wares. Today this is a monster QPR wine IMO. (4675 views) | | | Tasted by Eriklainen on 11/3/2019: Generous. Doesn't take long for the nose to open but could benefit from a decant. Green bell pepper (cab franc) notes develop after 1-2 hours. Ripe fruit, plums and bananas, coffee. It is a little flabby and structure is not as linear as, say, a Pauillac. Enjoyable nonetheless. Can probably surf the cellar for another decade - still some baby fat so shed. (4383 views) | | | Tasted by HPringle on 9/28/2019 & rated 94 points: Planned on tucking this away for years, expecting great things given Tim Atkin's 100 point score. Wife accidentally opened, drank a glass, the corked. On day two it had opened up wonderfully- still on the young side but not the infanticide that I'd feared. Acidity upfront as you'd expect, but not excessively so, good structure but tannins already well integrated, dark fruits more forward than you'd see in a Bordeaux of this caliber but restrained by New World standards. Really top notch. More to come, but no shame in drinking now. (4464 views) | | | Tasted by adamanko on 9/14/2019 & rated 93 points: Love the informative label. 99 on that. The wine isn't bad either. Concentrated. Fruity. Oakey in a good way. Smooth. Black currant. Black pudding. It's good now and maybe great in a couple of years. Saving half til tomorrow. Brb.
Day 2 and it's even better. Sweet fruit. 93. Two bottles left. Will be very interesting to follow. (4750 views) | | | Tasted by Omar Khayyam on 8/30/2019 & rated 94 points: The book club goes asado and tries South African reds (At a backyard somewhere near Telefonplan): agree with Rossi.wine's note. This is really good stuff. But obviously in the smooth, oaky and fruity genre. Great with our asado from the get go, but stayed the course and I think this has the stuffings to keep (although why would you when it's this darn good right now?). (4655 views) | | | Tasted by Kroons on 7/12/2019 & rated 91 points: I’m still much a novice, but this is an excellent cab. Lots of oak, good balance with cherry (3454 views) | | | Tasted by Tavastgatan on 6/16/2019 & rated 92 points: 100p? (3125 views) | | | Tasted by appel54 on 6/8/2019 & rated 93 points: Tät mörkröd färg
Dill, vanilj, sötlakrits, lite spritigt, lite protvin, varmt, körsbärslikör, plommon
Torr, stram, lite varm, tydlig frukt även i munnen (1730 views) | | | Tasted by Rhonarna_Mikael on 6/1/2019 & rated 93 points: A real beauty which will last for decades and probably increased scoring over the years. A perfect bordeaux blend with absolutely no disturbing tones of "South African rubber". (2628 views) | | | Tasted by Eriklainen on 5/31/2019: Good show again. It really is hard not to like this wine. Besides being a crowdpleaser it also has depth and, what I can only sense is a burgeoning complexity. (2470 views) | | | Tasted by Rexel on 5/10/2019 & rated 95 points: Great nose, lavender, vanilla, spice, tobacco, fruity,
Good structure, nice acidity, black currant, tobacco, long long taste and souring mouthfeel.
This is great!
95-97P (2747 views) | | | Tasted by KikoCorrea on 5/4/2019 & rated 98 points: Exceptional wine. Acidity and Taning at the same time. Round with a very good body. Musto drink. (2418 views) | | | Tasted by Eriklainen on 4/27/2019: Unfortunately this bottle just evaporated in no time at all - all of us rather impressed by the absolutely beguiling nose, very Pauillac-esque. Cedarwood, tobacco, lovely oak treatment and the complexity of fruit hasn't even started to show. In fact I found red and dark fruit, slightest of earthy notes started to emerge but, as I said, the bottle was consumed in no time and my guess would be that this bottle would have been better still on day two. Fully packed fruit, acid is great and this makes for a long lived wine. Only the slightest of smokiness appeared at the end - SA-trait? Long aftertaste and vibrant. Really good wine. (2334 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, The most exciting wines of 2018 (10/4/2018)
(Kanonkop, Paul Sauer, Simonsberg, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/12/2018)
(Kanonkop, Paul Sauer Stellenbosch Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Some Great Reward: South Africa (Aug 2018) (8/1/2018)
(Kanonkop Wine Estate Paul Sauer Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (5/19/2018)
(Kanonkop Simonsberg-Stellenbosch Paul Sauer, Red, South Africa) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Kanonkop Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)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 Routes |
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