Cape Mentelle Cabernet, 1995

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ChrisH
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Cape Mentelle Cabernet, 1995

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Deep dark red in colour. Deep and brooding earthy blackberry fruit, moccha and cedary oak on the nose. To taste, cedar-blackcurrant, moccha and earthiness - quite similar in flavour profile to Bordeaux. Tannins need food - quite different to the current crop of S.A. fruit bombs that fail to find a food match.

This powerful wine drinks well now with food or could cellar for some time before it starts to slide downwards.

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