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Wine - Stellenbosch Theme
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About this Item
Owner of famous Bordeaux Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, May de Lencquesaing, decided in 2003 to make her life-long dream a reality and she purchased an estate in Stellenbosch. Continuing with the French tradition in the area, major re-investment took place with the objective to produce award-winning wines that are full of power, grace and elegance. Much work has gone into the vineyards, cellar and winemaking but, more notably, their old-world patience has contributed to the wines. The winery is environmentally friendly and the vineyards are managed with minimal intervention and sustainable techniques.
In collaboration with cellarmaster, Luke O’Cuinneagain, this is their flagship single-vineyard blend. Sourced from a cool east facing slope, ‘it’s elegant, distinguished and venerable like its owner’.
Critics Ratings
'Grace & style defined, shows perfumed cedar & delineated cassis in a clean, cool, already delectable portion that lingers mid-2010. Splendour awaits, 5 years cellaring' - Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2013, 4.5*
'A solid, muscular style, exhibiting very Bordeaux-like notes of dark tobacco, mulled black currant and coffee up front, followed by a loamy edge on the broad, cassis bush–tinged finish. Lots of rugged character should flesh out nicely with modest cellaring. Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot.' - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, 91/100 (Dec 2010)
Top 100 wine winner (5 Stars)
18.5/20 Decanter Magazine, Margaret Rand September 2010, UK
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