Le Riche Cabernet Sauvignon
| Vintage: | 2021 |
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| Winery: | Le Riche |
| Description: | 5 Stars 2024 Platter's South African Wine Guide Same wards as Reserve plus Jonkershoek, masterly 21***** (95 pts) finer, leaner than 20 (94 pts), subtle hint of blackcurrant decadence, iodine & rockpool complexity. House's hallmark coiled intensity, shaped by 22 months in oak, 18% new, augers well for cellaring. 95+ pts Greg Sherwood Mw July 2024 This quintessential classically styled Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 exhibits attractive aromatics of shaved lead-pencil infused with black berries, black cherry, moist tobacco, iodine and precocious fragrant notes of violets and white spring flowers over graphite and a granitic minerality. The palate is medium bodied with incredibly fine-grained tensile tannins and delectable mouthwatering acids that really bring this wine to life. After a few hours of breathing, the wine unfurls to reveal an incredibly well integrated oak profile, restrained enough to let the inky, saline crème de cassis and black cherry fruits really shine in the glass. There is an effortless sense of power, mid-palate tension and textural precision but also a delicacy and purity. Such a wonderfully fresh, vibrant, elegant expression of Cabernet Sauvignon that celebrates the charm and purity of a cooler, slower ripening vintage like 2021. A stylish classical red wine that will continue to reward the drinker for at least 10 to 15+ years after vintage. A truly affordable luxury fine wine. 95 pts Tim Atkin Mw 2023 This is "just" the basic Cabernet Sauvignon from Christo Le Riche, but it's a brilliant wine in its own right. Using grapes from ten different vineyards across Stellenbosch in Firgrove, the Helderberg, Jonkershoek, Raithby and the Simonsberg, it's a masterclass in blending. Matured in 18% new wood, it's wonderfully pure and scented, all violet, tar, tobacco leaf and liquorice, with plush yet structured cassis, black cherry and Asian spice flavours and the backbone to age for another decade in bottle. 2025-35 94 pts Wine Advocate Dec 2023 An impeccable vintage for Le Riche, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is fresh, elegant and red-fruited with a pure heart and core that exudes freshness and ripeness. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is still tight and will have no trouble filling its shoes in due time. With a balanced structure and complex mid-palate, this Cabernet will undoubtedly be better with at least two more years in the bottle. You'll be tempted to open it now, but you will be depriving your future self of a genuinely remarkable drinking experience. Give it time; your patience will be rewarded. Only 27,000 bottles were produced. 2025-2042 |
| Price: | $ 34.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Southern Hemisphere Wine Center
| Address: |
5973 Engineer Drive Huntington Beach, CA 92649 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-504-9463 |
| Telephone (regular): | 714-892-3030 |
| Fax: | 714-892-6930 |
First added to 1000 Corks on April 25, 2024.
