Cape Mentelle Cabernet, 1995
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:15 pm
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.
This powerful wine drinks well now with food or could cellar for some time before it starts to slide downwards.