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Vin de Constance 2016

Klein Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa

Klein Constantia
Cape Town South Africa
  • 99
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    1

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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This wine has always been popular among the greatest writers and politicians: Napoléon Bonaparte had some bottles delivered weekly at Saint-Hélène during his exile, Charles Baudelaire mentionned it in its famous Les Fleurs du Mal, it was appreciated by Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the King of England George IV and the Queen Elizabeth II, but also George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, Nelson Mandela and so on.

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Although this is not a bottled wine but a tasting note of my preferred sample, 2016 could even outperform the extraordinary 2015 vintage. This tasting note is based on cask sample 5 which was deeply impressing. The colour is a quite bright yellow with greenish hue. The nose is youthful yet complex and rich reminiscent of candied orange peel, fresh orange zest, ripe pear, dried apricots and discreet flowery notes. On the palate the wine is savoury, discreetly spicy with a wonderful tension, hints of salinity, very elegant sweetness, fine acidity, excellent balance and impressing length. A wine with more than just a promising future. 

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