2017 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2017 1500ml
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We finished with a welcome dessert wine in the shape of the 2017 Vin de Constance from Klein Constantia, which mirrored my recent tasting note. Just heavenly. Read more
Critic Reviews
We finished with a welcome dessert wine in the shape of the 2017 Vin de Constance from Klein Constantia, which mirrored my recent tasting note. Just heavenly.
One of the great sweet wines of the world, just hover your nose over the glass to be transported by its lyricism, power and concentration. This tiptoes between lemon curd and smoked toffee richness and a more pointed rosemary, lime blossom and jasmine florality. It's full of character and life, succulent and fresh, with a salted caramel twist that gives a savoury finish. 3.7pH.
This is really sensational as always with dried-apricot, dried-pineapple and honey character with salted nuts and hints of white syrup. It’s very sweet, yet energetic and intense. It goes on for so long. And then again. Yet, it remains balanced. A great sweet wine through and through. Drink or hold.
From a stellar vintage comes a rich and opulent wine, though one that is also remarkably precise in focus. Aromas of honeycomb, sweet roasted nuts, baked apple, orange marmalade and a touch of pressed honeysuckle set the stage on the nose and mouth, but are partnered for optimal balance by a pronounced seam of acidity and lingering ginger and baking spice accents on the long, evolving finish. It's hard to resist now, but this will hold and mature well through 2037.
Lovely pureed apple, lactic peaches, lemon pastille, and hints of apricot candy. This is luxurious, mouth-coating, and simply world-class, with such purity and precision.
This is luscious, but not tiring, with great purity and focus. The allure starts with the viscous texture, then the palate reveals layer upon layer of flavor, with notes of bergamot, honeydew melon, chrysanthemum, orange blossom honey and refreshing quince. Everything is supported by mouthwatering acidity, which makes this superlong on the finish. Impressive. Drink now through 2042. 15,000 cases made, 1,000 cases imported.
The 2017 Vin de Constance is lucid silvery-straw in hue. It is beautifully defined on the nose, featuring scents of dried honey, almond, praline and pressed yellow flowers, perhaps borrowing some of the airiness of the 2016 vintage. The palate is underpinned by a keen line of acidity that effortlessly counterbalances the richness of this 2017, making it one of the easiest sweet wines to drink in its youth. It conveys plenty of energy with a very persistent orange peel, quince and marmalade finish, then a spicy aftertaste. Sublime. Sample sent from Klein Constantia.
Technical Attributes
- Producer: Klein Constantia
- Varietal: Muscat de Frontignan
- Region: South Africa
- Alcohol: 14.0%
- Net volume: 1500ml
- Vintage: 2017
- Cellar until 2040
Tasting Notes
The 2017 Vin de Constance is lucid silvery-straw in hue. It is beautifully defined on the nose, featuring scents of dried honey, almond, praline and pressed yellow flowers, perhaps borrowing some of the airiness of the 2016 vintage. The palate is underpinned by a keen line of acidity that effortlessly counterbalances the richness of this 2017, making it one of the easiest sweet wines to drink in its youth. It conveys plenty of energy with a very persistent orange peel, quince and marmalade finish, then a spicy aftertaste. Sublime. Sample sent from Klein Constantia. Neal Martin Vinous 95 Points
Winemakers Note
With more than 320 years of history, The Vin de Constance is without a doubt THE greatest sweet wine of the South hemisphere. A unique style, based on freshness and delicious aromas. A MUST HAVE in one's cellar. The vineyard : The vines of Muscat de Frontignan, the only variety used for Vin de Constance, stretch more than 16,5ha in slopes on the Constantiaberg mountain. The granite terroir of the Constantiaberg is 600 millions years old and has a high clay content which ensures a good irrigation and water retention favorable hence to the keeping of vines during dry and hot summers. Located between 35m and 400m above sea level, the domain benefits of a constant sea breeze. The vines are South-East oriented. The climate is Mediterranean due to the influence of the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans. Summers (November-May) are dry and hot with strong sunlight but refreshed by the Cape Doctor, a wind formed by the Benguela, a current coming from the Antarctic. The freshness of Cape Doctor stresses and shapes the vine, which coupled to the strong sunlight, permits to develop all the complexity of Vin de Constance by filling the fruit in concentration and flavor. The harvest : First of all, a first harvest is realized to create a basic wine with a 12,5-13% alcohol content and a good acidity. In a second time, comes the harvest of the raisined grapes. Indeed, a contrario of sweet Bordeaux wines elaborated thanks to botrytis, the elaboration of Vin de Constance does not require this “noble rot” but the raisining of the grapes. This technic consists in leaving the grapes on the vine, let them dry in the sun and wind to get them aged, wilted and concentrated in sugar. This two times system of harvesting permits to ensure constancy in the Vin de Constance where sugar and acidity are in perfect harmony After an extended fermentation period, the wine was aged for 3 years in a combination of 50% new oak and acacia barrels, as well as large format foudres before further blending and bottling. Vin de Constance elixir is placed in its iconic bottle with its unique and particular form redesigned by an Italian designer to look alike the original bottle while adding it a touch of modernity. Since then, the design has been registered and globally protected, which emphasizes the uniqueness of Vin de Constance. They loved Vin de Constance : Napoléon 1st who had some bottles delivered weekly at Saint-Hélène during his exile. On his death bed, he wanted to drink only Vin de Constance and nothing else. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. King of England George IV, the queen Elizabeth II Queen of England Victoria. Prussia Emperor Frédéric Le Grand. Georges Washington, Thomas Jefferson. The Indonesian Prince Dipanagara who was a Muslim but drank Vin de Constance. Baudelaire (« I prefer Constance to opium »), Byron, Jane Austen (a remedy to a heartbreak ), Charles Dickens. John Adams Casanova Alexandre Dumas Nelson Mandela Xi Jinping
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