Red
Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
South Africa
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Country
- South Africa
- Appellation
- Stellenbosch
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carne de cordeiro · carne de caça · guisados ricos · queijos envelhecidos
Rated vintages
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201492 pts
Winemaker: Etienne le Riche. There are layers of aromas and flavors in this complex wine, starting with attractive scents of pressed purple flowers, wild strawberries, blackberries and woodspice. The palate is seriously spicy, but grounded by dense—yet not overdone—black fruit f…
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201392 pts
Winemaker: Etienne le Riche. This is a beast of a wine right now, begging for time in the cellar to further mature. Currently, assertive oaky tones of sweet smoke, cigar box and char are front and center on the bouquet, with supporting notes of cassis, blackcurrant leaf, brambly…