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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Helderberg Wijnmakerij Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Helderberg Wijnmakerij Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 85 Points


Medium clear, bright, ruby red with slight purple rim, medium plus concentration, medium plus viscosity, no gas or sediment.

Clean, medium plus intensity with ripe note of blackcurrant, cassi and blackberies, pure Cabernet fruit, delicately oaked, fragrantly complex with notes of cedar wood and tobacco, no greenness!

Dry with some residual sugar, medium plus tannin and medium acidity, medium plus alcohol, new flavours of blackcurrant pastille, juicy Ribena note, medium lenght and medium complexity, fine Cabernet definition, now until 2017.