Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art and South African Fine Wine
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Wine
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About this Item
Often described as the South African equivalent of a Grand Cru or First Growth, Kanonkop Estate is situated on the Simonsberg mountain slopes on the outskirts of Stellenbosch. Owned by the fourth generation Krige family, Abri Beeslaar is their long-term winemaker who has won International Winemaker of the year an incredible 3 times.
This internationally acclaimed, long-ageing Bordeaux blend was named after former owner, Paul Sauer, and was first made in 1981.
Critics Ratings
'New release 1989 perhaps finest so far, certainly as packed with fruit, spice as kanonkop’s previous anno mirabilis, 1986. These are big, rugged tanniny wines – don’t look for restrained, understated finesse. 1989 noticeably better wooded that the other recent 1980s, touch more rounded out than unblended Cabernet. (Ch. Margaux’s Paul Pontallier prefers the straight cabernet, Robert Mondavi the Paul Sauer.) Blended about 70-75% cabernet sauvignon with 10% merlot, 15% cabernet France, a dash of souzao and melbec. Matured about 18 months, sometimes longer, in Nevers oak, about half in new, half in used.' - Platter's SA Guide 1993 - 4.5*
Provenance
From a private collection assembled at Kanonkop and meticulously stored in the Kanonkop cellars since the release of the first vintage
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