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2017 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance, Constantia, South Africa

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
  • Muscat à Petits Grain
Ready, but will improve
Neal Martin MW
95/100
Jamie Goode
96/100
James Suckling
97/100
Product: 20178006055
2017 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance, Constantia, South Africa

Description

This is one of the sweet wine releases of the year for me, a top class sweet wine with a great pedigree, a hedonistic touch of distinction for a dinner party finale. Bright, golden colour with a deep and enticing nose of white flowers, orange blossom, ripe peach, apricots and honey; notes of white almonds, ginger and nutmeg, add a nutty, spicy feel lifting the general aromatic profile.

On the palate the wine has an remarkable presence and elegance, a velvety texture with excellent balance of alcohol, sugar and zesty acidity that will allow the wine age for decades if not generations. Everything is in place filled with flavours of nectarines, apricot, tangerine, soft yellow plum and honeyed almonds, a real delight that lingers on the mouth while invites to the next sip of joy.

Javier Perurena, Private Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2017
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Muscat à Petits Grain
Body Full Bodied
Producer Klein Constantia

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 95/100
The 2017 Vin de Constance is lucid silvery-straw in hue. It is beautifully defined on the nose, featuring scents of dried honey, almond, praline and pressed yellow flowers, perhaps borrowing some of the airiness of the 2016 vintage. The palate is underpinned by a keen line of acidity that effortlessly counterbalances the richness of this 2017, making it one of the easiest sweet wines to drink in its youth. It conveys plenty of energy with a very persistent orange peel, quince and marmalade finish, then a spicy aftertaste. Sublime.Drink 2020 - 2050Neil Martin, Vinous.com.com (September 2020)
Drink 2020 - 2050
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Sep 2020)
Jamie Goode 96/100
14% alcohol.This is just remarkable. Quite pale in colour, it has a pure, enticing nose of sweet citrus, table grape, a hint of marmalade and some peach and apricot tropicality. In the mouth, this is complex and intense – almost viscous – with fresh citrus and table grape fruit, showing a bit of spice and marmalade, some peach skin and honey. The finish is endless: the purity of this wine is astonishing, but it’s not at all cloying, with some spicy phenolics adding the required detail, and a bit of alcoholic warmth. One of the world’s great sweet wines: you can cellar this with confidence.jamie_goode, The Wine Anorak (August 2020)
Drink 2020 - 2050
Jamie Goode, wineanorak.com (Aug 2020)
James Suckling 97/100
This is really sensational as always with dried-apricot, dried-pineapple and honey character with salted nuts and hints of white syrup. It’s very sweet, yet energetic and intense. It goes on for so long. And then again. Yet, it remains balanced. A great sweet wine through and through.Drink or holdjames_suckling, jamessuckling_com (June 2021)
Drink 2020 - 2050
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Jun 2021)

About this wine

Muscat

Muscat refers to a family of grapes of which there are around 200 different branches. Muscat Blancs à Petits Grains is the most noble of the variety and makes the best and most distinctive wines. It is the only wine grape that produces wines that actually taste of grapes, and can produce a range of wines from pale, bone dry whites, through to golden yellow, rich, sweet wines.
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Klein Constantia

Klein Constantia is a wine farm in Constantia, a ward in the suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It was once part of a larger estate called Constantia, which was founded in 1685. Following the death of founder Simon Van der Stel in 1712, that estate was sold at auction and divided into three distinct properties. Perhaps best known for the sweet wine Vin de Constance, Klein Constantia is among South Africa’s best-known producers.
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