Kaapzicht Cabernet Franc 2021
By Christian Eedes, 22 March 2024
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The 2021 vintage was cooler and later than usual, the result being wines of remarkably high quality. Kaapzicht in Bottelary, for instance, has a single-variety Cabernet Franc from this season that’s just splendid.
Matured for 18 months in French and Hungarian oak, 50% of which was new, the nose is complex with notes of red and black berries, tea leaf, violets, earth, pencil shavings and oak spice. The palate is composed and beautifully delineated – concentrated fruit, bright acidity and powdery tannins, the finish bone-dry (alc: 13.91%). Worthy of maturation, it is however only available to the farm’s club members or from the tasting room at R300 a bottle.
CE’s rating: 96/100.
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Sean Coetzee | 24 March 2024
Tasted it at the farm yesterday. I found it a bit tight perhaps. But I think it will age well. R325 a bottle.