Private Seller Auction | Iconic South African Collection and benchmark 2010 Bordeaux
Timed Online Auction, 30 April - 12 May 2025
South Africa - Red
About the SessionThe South African selection is star-studded with rare wines from previous decades.
About this Item
The name of this wine pays tribute to the man who recognized the potential of Rustenberg ,and bought the farm in 1941, reuniting the property, restoring its buildings and investing in its potential to make world class wines. This site-specific Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the oldest vineyard on the estate, high up on the Simonsberg.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
Bright, saturated medium ruby. Still-youthful brooding scents of cassis, peppery herbs, tobacco leaf and pungent graphite minerality; an essence of traditional Cabernet. Densely packed, fine-grained and remarkably light on its feet, showing strong pepper-and-herb lift to its cassis and mineral flavors. Shows terrific definition and energy in the middle palate and really echoes on the back end. There's a hint of sweetness here that's nicely buffered by brisk acidity and the wine's firm tannic spine. This is remarkably youthful for its age and I would not be at all surprised if it merited an even higher score in three or four years. 2019-2027' - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 91+/100 (Mar 2017)
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