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Kanonkop Paul Sauer Bordeaux Blend 2021

R1,193.00

Region:  Stellenbosch

Tasting notes:

“A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 13% Cabernet Franc, the 2021 Paul Sauer is beautifully intense and utterly seductive, the aromatics pulling you in with their perfumed notes of incense, violets, black currant, saline oyster shell, black cherry, sweet cherry tobacco and graphite with subtle blueberry notes and a subtle kiss of sweet cedar and vanilla pod spice. The palate shows sprawling breadth and depth with a gentle picante spice together with a noticeably intense salinity and maritime, nori seaweed nuance before more bold flavours of black currant, mulberry, black cherry and blueberry coat the mouth. The fine silky tannins are deceptively taut and crisp with the fresh glassy acids adding to the wine’s obvious power, focus and superb intensity. So much wine in the glass, so much to assimilate! The 2021 Paul Sauer represents a true Cape Bordeaux blend masterclass once again from Abrie Beeslaar! Drink from 2025 to 2050+.” – Greg Sherwood MW, 99/100

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Kanonkop is a fourth generation family-owned estate, now in the hands of brothers Paul and Johann Krige. The name Kanonkop is derived from a hillock (kop) on the Simonsberg Mountain above the estate from where, during the 17th and 18th centuries, a cannon (kanon) was fired to announce the arrival of sailing ships entering Table Bay. The roar of the cannon would be a signal to local farmers to load up their wagons with fresh fruit and vegetables and make the 50km journey to the harbour to barter their produce. The first wines bearing the Kanonkop label were produced in 1973, just three years before the death of patriarch, Paul Sauer, to whom the wine estate owes everything it has achieved and all the recognition it has attained. The vines at Kanonkop benefit from the cool air blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean. Vineyards are situated between 180m and 365m above sea level; most have an easterly aspect and the bulk of the soil is derived from decomposed granite.
Blend: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc