Cape Heritage Wines
Online-Only Auction, 22 - 29 August 2022
Cape Heritage Wines
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About this Item
Often described as the South African equivalent of a Grand Cru or First Growth, Kanonkop Estate is situated on the Simonsberg mountain slopes on the outskirts of Stellenbosch. Owned by the fourth generation Krige family,
The Black Label was introduced as a limited-edition bottling with the 2006 vintage, cementing the team’s confidence in South Africa’s own red variety. Black Label is made from one of the oldest Pinotage vineyards in South Africa, one planted in 1953 on a site that has over the years proved to produce fruit of specific excellence and deemed special enough to be bottled under an own label.
Provenance
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Critics Ratings
‘Peppery spices, warm concrete, sweet tilled earth and dried red berry aromas lead to a smooth, round palate lifted by a rich vein of balsamic-macerated strawberries. There's a roasted coffee-like element to the oak and the tannins are a touch drying, but the delicate red cherry-berry fruit flavours will keep this drinking well for several years yet.’ - Tina Gellie, Decanter, 92/100 (May 2022)
'Sweet, pure, ripe, elegant blackberry and blackcurrant fruit nose. The palate is fine, ripe, smooth and well defined with elegant cherry and berry fruit. Supple and stylish with good structure; fine but firm tannins. Great concentration and structure, but elegance too.' - Jamie Goode, Wineanorak.com, 96/100
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