Le Riche: Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2021

Le Riche: Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2021

Cabernet Sauvignon 100%
rød, tør
14,5% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2027–2047
struktureret
voluminøs og kraftfuld
saftig
velsmagende & krydret
Lobenberg: 98/100
Winepilot: 98
Tim Atkin: 97/100
Suckling: 95/100
Parker: 95/100
Sydafrika, Stellenbosch
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2021

98
/100

Der bruges kun håndplukkede druer fra de ældste og derfor mindre produktive vinstokke. Gæringen foregår spontant under kontrollerede temperaturer. Efter fem dage lukkes tankene og får lov til at macerere i 10-14 dage. Vinen presses derefter, før hovedparten af gæringen finder sted. Modning i mindre træ. 22 måneder i 225 liter fransk eg, 62 procent ny. Efter aftapning sker der yderligere flaskelagring. I glasset præsenterer vinen sig med en dyb mørkerød farve, næsten sort. Lige så mørke aromaer strømmer ud af glasset: brombær, ribs, saftige sorte kirsebær og cassis. Den anden næse tilføjer derefter noter af frisk mynte, vanilje og cedertræ. En meget kompleks vin med utrolig finesse. I munden er tanninerne polerede, og alligevel giver de vinen greb og en struktureret, saftig tanninstruktur. Det hele indrammes af en livlig og perfekt integreret syre. Vinen viser en utrolig mængde kraft og vidunderlig elegance - den kan glemmes i kælderen i lang tid. Le Riche har gjort det endnu bedre i år - dette er en mega imponerende Cabernet, som sætter nye standarder for Stellenbosch og Sydafrika! 98/100

Smagsnotat
98

Winepilot om: Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Super-expressive aromatics of cassis, radiant plums and black cherries, highlighted in brushstrokes of violets, dark roses and an alpine, cedar freshness. The wine paints the room. 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the winery’s Reserve bottling – and a superlative vintage for cab it was. The mild season ensured slow and extended ripening, concentrating flavours and netting in clean acidities. Le Riche has long collaborated with a network of growers across the wards of Stellenbosch, and builds in complexity from the various characteristics of the parcels with separate, micro-vinification in the cellar. This assemblage comprises Helderberg (67%), Simonsberg (22%) and Jonkershoek Valley (11%). Three years in total elevage, including 24 months in French oak (70% new). The wood soaks in the lush fruit, adding bones of satin to the firm, ageworthy structure, paved with gravelly, brooding tannins all the way to the long, precisely-dry finish. Serious, but with an opulent nature that makes it approachable in its youth.

97
/100

Tim Atkin om: Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Tighter than the exuberant, ultra-perfumed 2020 was at the same stage perhaps, but this is another very impressive Reserve bottling from Christo Le Riche. Partnering grapes from seven blocks, it includes components from the lower Helderberg, the Simonsberg and the Jonkershoek Valley. Dense and deeply coloured, with 72% new wood, damson, fig and blackcurrant flavours and the concentration to age. 2025-40

95
/100

Suckling om: Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Perfumed aromas of mint chocolate, damson plums, licorice, currants, sandalwood and dried oranges. It’s full-bodied and velvety on the palate, generous and spicy, almost opulently aromatic, all tied together by fresh acidity and seamless tannins. Long and delicious. Drink or hold.

95
/100

Parker om: Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Christo and Yvonne Le Riche are turning out some very beautiful Cabernet Sauvignons. Packaged in a heavy glass bottle, the 2021 Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is spicy, dark and very riche (pun intended). The wine shows concentrated fruit enhanced by peppery notes and smoky spice. Generous oak rendering adds savory hints of scorched earth. I love the chalky tannins on this full-bodied wine. This Reserve is only made in the best years. Grapes are hand-selected from low-yielding old vines. It spends up to 14 days on the skins with manual punch-downs for gentle color extraction. It then goes into barrel for secondary fermentation, remaining in oak for one year. The final blend is then made and the wine is put back in barrel for another year, plus one year in bottle. This 10,584-bottle release is unfined and unfiltered.

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Den lille Le Riche-vingård, som kun producerer 50.000 flasker, ligger næsten midt i Stellenbosch' historiske centrum med vinmarkerne direkte på Heidelberg-bjergets skråninger, som skråner ind mod byen.

Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2021