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2021 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance, Constantia, South Africa

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
  • Muscat à Petits Grain
Ready - youthful
Product: 20218006055
2021 Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance, Constantia, South Africa

Description

The 2021 Vin de Constance comes from 27 different batches with two weeks on the skins. With 173.5 grams per litre of residual sugar (the same as 2020), it presents a very pure bouquet, effervescent with quince, orange zest and just a hint of marmalade—wonderfully delineated and focused. The palate is supremely well balanced with a viscous entry and extremely good weight in the mouth, but the acidity (6.3 grams per litre) keeps this on its toes. Quite spicy on the finish, this lingers long in the mouth, and I can still feel it 30 seconds after it has departed. There’s real freshness and electricity here. Outstanding.

Drink 2025 - 2045

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (September 2024)

Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2021
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Muscat à Petits Grain
Body Full Bodied
Producer Klein Constantia

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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Constantia

Constantia

The historically important if tiny wine district of Constantia lies in Cape Town’s southern wards, and on the most southerly point of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope. It is most famous for its ancient dessert wine Vin de Constance, as produced by Klein Constantia estate. The cooling, south-easterly sea breezes make Constantia a natural site for Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon as well as Muscat.
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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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