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Perdeberg The Vineyard Collection Cinsault 2017

By , 17 August 2018

That there is a large element of fashion to wine is borne out by the fact that Perdeberg Wines discontinued bottling a single-variety Cinsault in the mid-2000s only to reintroduce such a wine from the 2014 vintage.

Current release is the The Vineyard Collection Cinsault 2017. The nose shows raspberry, cherry and plum plus a little earth and spice while palate is marked by plenty of juicy fruit, bright acidity and soft tannins. It appears

Perdeberg The Vineyard Collection Cinsault 2017

Jolly juice.

sweet but not crassly so and goes down fast. Price: R80 a bottle.

Editor’s rating: 88/100.

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