2017 Reyneke Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

This complex, full-bodied South African Cabernet Sauvignon boasts dark fruit aromas and a long finish. Organically and biodynamically grown, it's perfect for enjoying now or cellaring.

Producer

Reyneke Wines Stellenbosch

Region

Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Country

South Africa

Varietal

Cabernet Sauvignon

Varietal Composition

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Specifications

2017

Vintage

2036

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ABV

Vinification

Organically and biodynamically farmed grapes are aged for 20 months in 225L French oak barrels, with only the best barrels being bottled and aged an additional 24 months before release

Occasional wine note

This South African Cabernet is absolutely top tier. Beautiful ripe dark fruits, spice, tobacco, earthiness, tannin, it's all there and well layered and harmonious. Tough to put the cork back in this one.

What experts say about this wine

100

Wine Spectator

Reveals enticing tobacco, graphite and anise notes on the nose, which serve as a subtle skein that winds through flavors of ripe cassis and black plum, iron and smoke. A classy and vivid red, full-bodied but well-balanced, with finely detailed tannins providing sculpted definition akin to a gymnast's power paired with grace.

100

Wine Enthusiast

From biodynamic/organic producer Reyneke comes this special-release wine that's sourced from a single block and made only in exceptional vintages. This is just about everything you'd want a Cab to be—concentrated in ripe but not overly done black fruit, with earthy elements of turned soil, woodsy spice, pressed purple flowers and singed tobacco leaf, all framed by boldly structuring yet somehow simultaneously elegant tannins. Long and evolving on the finish, this is beautiful from start to finish and will age well through 2036.

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