Tasted at the Cabernet Sauvignon Collective held at Lanzerac this week, we were so impressed with this wine. We were invited to a master class of some older wines paired with their current iterations. Put this wine into context: we tasted this with seven other wines, all of which were very noteworthy. The winemaker, Rudi Schultz, took us through
the tasting and we were able to taste the 1995 Cabernet first. If you are into
good Cabernets, you undoubtedly will know it as a classic but you might not be
aware that there are now two separate vineyards of Cabernet Sauvignon at
Thelema. Yes, they have kept the old vineyard block where they grow the famous
Mint Cabernet. This is from the newer site, where the vines are 12 to 15 years
old and they have planted 2 new clones. The vineyard is also higher up the
mountain.
It has expensive incense wood on the
not very forward nose; it shows elegance with cassis berries and leaves and
some forest floor notes. On the palate, it is silky, with beautiful ripe berry
fruit, so integrated and delicious, with some nice dry chalky tannins. This
wine has it all to last for years and is drinking beautifully already. Scored
19 out of 20
You
can read about the Cabernet Collective tasting this week
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2018
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