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Constantia Royale Sauvignon Blanc 2021
R180.00
Crisp with a refreshing minerality, gently softened by light fruity flavours. A lively and full-bodied Sauvignon Blanc that will pair well with your favourite dishes!
Made from two slopes: A west-facing slope in rich soil, that adds lots of ripe tropical flavours and a citrus backbone, and an east-facing slope on decomposed granite and clay soils, that produces really lean, elegant wine, with lots of minerality, that is part aged in barrel.
The Semillon is grown on the west slope, giving really textured, round wine from these grapes, which helps to soften the Sauvignon Blanc, and add some more dimension. The final wine is an elegant, concentrated Sauvignon Blanc, poised between ripe tropical summer flavours, and a green, mineral herbaceousness. The acidity is perfectly balanced, and the wine is made to be drunk within one to three years after bottling.
Description
With the Cape’s temperate climate and the valley’s perfect positioning between mountain and sea, the Constantia Valley enjoys a long reputation for producing some of the world’s finest wines. On February 2nd, 1659 Jan van Riebeeck, the First Commander of the Cape of Good Hope, wrote in his diary: “Today, praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from Cape grapes.”
In 1680 the Cape’s first Governor, Simon Van der Stel, planted 100,000 vines in the Constantia Valley, and by 1761, Constantia red and white wine was being exported. By 1778 Groot Constantia wines were acclaimed throughout Europe.
Additional Information
| Producer | Constantia Royale |
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