Community Tasting Notes 36

• hoservin Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 6, 2024 - Nose of honeysuckle, nectarine, lychee, lime zest and tangerine. Lychee, tangerine, lime and nectarine on the palate. Very long finish with bright acidity. Still young, but very enjoyable. Served with bread pudding.

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• PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 96 points

  March 2, 2024 - This (L21144) is just fabulous. It seems a shame to consume it so young, but it is irresistible. I wish I had a case to to see how it evolves over the coming decades. It is very sweet but somehow light (14% ABV), with great acid tension, and a refreshing stone fruit finish on each sip. it is an intensely floral wine with a cornucopia of aromas and flavors, notably apricot, citrus and ginger. Outstanding.

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• Sean Tay Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 31, 2024 - This is the wine which Napoleon Bonaparte, while in exile on the island of St Helena drank daily.
  
  He even reportedly requests a glass on his death bed.
  
  Interesting facts:
  
  It's only in 2012 that the new chapter for Klein Constantia begins. The property had been for sale for a while and – as Vice Chairman Hans Astrom told me – it was “a bit dusty”, severely in need of attention. It changed hands in 2011, with Zdenek Bakala – an American-Czech billionaire – and British banker Charles Harman taking over, merging a year later with the Stellenbosch estate Anwilka, part-owned by Duggie Jooste’s son Lowell Jooste, Hubert de Boüard (of Ch. Angélus) and Bruno Prats (previously of Cos d’Estournel). Matthew Day – who had been working at the property since 2008 – took over as winemaker.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 90 points

  December 29, 2023 - Tasting dinner. Surprisingly light color, pale lemon due to its young age. Very pure and floral with camomille, honey suckle, nectarine. Well made, lovely acidity but much too sweet and floral for me. Sweet Muscat is really one of the last things that I order. If it has to be that sweet, then a Riesling Eiswein or TBA would be my preference.

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• SWHighlander Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 30, 2023 - Fantastic. More like a TBA than a Sauternes. One of the best dessert whites I’ve had.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Klein Constantia
• Varietal Muscat de Frontignan
• Designation Vin de Constance
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Cape Peninsula
• Appellation Constantia
• UPC Codes 3043814000139, 6003884000054, 7070293040826, 9237202718308

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• Pending Delivery 146 (6%)
• In Cellars 2,123 (84%)
• Consumed 269 (11%)

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