2018 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  3/2/2024 - PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 96 Points

  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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  1/31/2024 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 95 Points

  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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  12/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 90 Points

  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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  11/30/2023 - SWHighlander Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Fantastic. More like a TBA than a Sauternes. One of the best dessert whites I’ve had.

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  11/2/2023 - Pinotfanbg Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drank over several evenings after dinner as a night cap. Light gold color. Intense intoxicating scents of honey, peaches, peppery citrus and peach skin. Good density on the palate. Sweet honey, orange and peach flavors with a good level of acidity keep the flavors vibrant and fresh. Finishes long and sweet with a nice citrus pith note on the finish.

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