Critics Ratings

2000 - The debut vintage of the property's flagship blend, now well established among the Cape's finest Bordeaux-styled expressions.

'Cabernet Franc takes lead (51%) in the blend with Cabernet Sauvignon 16 months French oak, 80% new; 14% alc. Winemaker Marius Lategan says the hand of consultant master blender Pierre Lurton is written all over the wine' Platter SA Wine Guide 2004, 4*

'The superbly poised and elegant 2000 Morgenster has aged beautifully. Much like a right-bank Bordeaux, it offers fine red fruits, florals and meaty complexity. Tasted alongside the 100 point Cheval Blanc 1998, it was the better wine on the night! ' - Roland Peens June 2019, 96 points

2005 - 'Old-World-style flagship with noble bearing & sense of seamless completeness. 05 85% merlot with cab, awesome integration of fruit, savoury oak & tannic grip. 04 (69% merlot, cabernet sauvignon & cabernet franc) was perfumed, plush & persistent.’ – Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2009, 5*

‘Gentle spiced nose, red berries and cedary. It tastes more evolved and certainly looser, less tension and definition than the 2003. A hint of leather and dried fruit. Warm and mellifluous.’ – Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Sep 2012)

Provenance

Private Client