Fleur du Cap – 2018 Essence du Cap Cabernet Sauvignon (South Africa)
Brand: Fleur du Cap
Wine: Essence du Cap Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2018
Color: Red
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape (Includes Cape Town, Stellenbosch)
I Got A: Bottle
I Got It From: Gourmet Wine & Spirits (DTLA)
Location Drank: My apartment in DTLA
Date Drank: Tuesday, March 01, 2022
The Brand's Description: Western Cape's diverse palette of wine growing regions. Full bodied with an abundance of red berry fruit flavours, delicate oak and good tannin structure.
My Wine Review & Notes:
Fleur du Cap’s “Essence of the Cap” Cab was complicated. And that’s a good thing for me.
(Continually saying Cap’s Cab, the Cap Cab, Cab Cap, also got a little complicated after a couple glasses. The Capernet Cabernet?)
It was subtle, with interesting fruit tastes. I could taste it being a lot of things fully at once, yet flowing in between a lot of states. The volume wasn’t too thick or too thin. It was between medium and heavy, dry without being too dry.
I suppose that’s why they called it the essence of the Western Cape. I must say, it was very satisfying.
This being my second entry into South African reds (the first being the 2017 Meerlust Blend), going 2 for 2, it looks like I’m hooked.